“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of 'Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.”
- Marissa Mayer
“One of the most important milestones I ever reached in my life was accepting that people
won’t always love you the way you want them to.”
- Beau Taplin
“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.”
- Sophia Loren
“Any time you talk to anyone about something that they love, they’re, like, their most beautiful. It’s a cool gift to get to talk to people about what they love.”
- Amy Poehler
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
- Calvin Coolidge
“Beware of Destination Addiction - a preoccupation with the idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job and with the next partner. Until you give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.”
- Robert Holden
“I used to dislike being sensitive. I thought it made me weak. But take away that single trait,
and you take away the very essence of who I am. You take away my conscience, my ability to
empathize, my intuition, my creativity, my deep appreciation of the little things, my vivid inner
life, my keen awareness to others pain and my passion for it all.”
- Caitlin Japa
“You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us. Caring is not synonymous with crazy. Expressing to someone how special they are to you will make you vulnerable. There is no denying that. However, that is nothing to be ashamed of. There is something breathtakingly beautiful in the moments of smaller magic that occur when you strip down and are honest with those who are important to you. Let that girl know that she inspires you. Tell your mother you love her in front of your friends. Express, express, express. Open yourself up, do not harden yourself to the world, and be bold in who, and how you love. There is courage in that.”
- Bianca Sparacino
“You’re not behind in life. There’s no schedule or timetable that we all must follow. It’s all made up. Wherever you are right now is exactly where you need to be. Seven billion people can’t do everything in exactly the same scheduled order. We are all different with a variety of needs and goals. Some get married early, some get married late, while others don’t get married at all. What is early? What is late? Compared with whom? Compared with what? Some want children, others don’t. Some want a career; others enjoy taking care of a house and children. Your life is not on anyone else’s schedule. Don’t beat yourself up for where you are right now. It’s YOUR timeline, not anyone else’s, and nothing is off schedule.”
- Emily Maroutian
“A lot of times we are angry at other people for not doing what we should have done for ourselves.”
- Rupi Kaur
“I have very intense feelings of joy or sadness. I used to not like that so much because I was worried it was girly, and I wanted to be more stoic. I think this happens a lot. When you’re 16, there are qualities you wish you didn't have, and then when you’re 30, you’re like, 'Thank God I have that; otherwise, I’d be living less vividly.'”
- Greta Gerwig
“If you see beauty in something, don’t wait for others to agree.”
- Sherihan Gamal
“All the broken people I know are also the kindest. I guess when you have been through
terrible suffering you do not want anyone else to have to endure it. Especially when you
know from experience how good a person can be at hiding it.”
- Nikita Gill
“Everything heals. Your body heals. Your heart heals. The mind heals. Wounds heal. Your
soul repairs itself. Your happiness is always going to come back. Bad times don’t last.”
- Christiana Rutkowski
“Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own.”
- Robert Tew
“There are two reasons why people don’t talk about things; either it doesn’t mean anything to them, or it means everything.”
- Luna Adriana
“If you make decisions based upon people’s reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices. If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don’t grow.”
- Heath Ledger
“I once asked a very successful woman to share her secret with me. She smiled and said to me: 'I started succeeding when I started leaving small fights for small fighters. I stopped fighting those who gossiped about me... I stopped fighting with my in laws... I stopped fighting for attention... I stopped fighting to meet people’s expectation of me... I stopped fighting for my rights with inconsiderate people… I stopped fighting to please everyone... I stopped fighting to prove they were wrong about me.... I left such fights for those who have nothing else to fight... And I started fighting for my vision, my dreams, my ideas and my destiny. The day I gave up on small fights is the day I started becoming successful and so much more content.' Some fights are not worth your time..... Choose what you fight for wisely.”
- Unknown
“Maturity is realising that other people are not mind readers, even those who love you. It’s on you to reach out, talk about how you feel, and to explain yourself. Everybody is busy living their own lives and is caught up in their own issues and problems, amidst all that you can’t expect them to magically be in tune with your every need and emotion. Communicate.”
- Unknown
“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.”
