“Be the person who cares. Be the person who makes the effort, the person who loves without hesitation. Be the person who bares it all, the person who never shies away from the depth of their feeling, or the intensity of their hope. Be the person who believes — in the softness of the world, in the goodness of other people, in the beauty of being open and untethered and trusting. Be the person who takes the chance, who refuses to hide. Be the person who makes people feel seen, the person who shows up. Trust me when I say — be the person who cares. Because the world doesn’t need more carelessness, any more disregard; because there is nothing stronger than someone who continues to stay soft in a world that hasn’t always been kind to them.”
- Bianca Sparacino
“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”
- Fred Rogers
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
- Leo Buscaglia
“This is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn’t working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect.”
- Ellen DeGeneres
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
“You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life. It doesn’t matter whether someone is a relative, romantic interest, employer, childhood friend, or a new acquaintance — you don’t have to make room for people who cause you pain or make you feel small. It’s one thing if a person owns up to their behavior and makes an effort to change. But if a person disregards your feelings, ignores your boundaries, and continues to treat you in a harmful way, they need to go.”
- Daniell Koepke
“I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.”
- Tracee Ellis Ross
“There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not
understand you. And there are others who will understand — without you even speaking a
word.”
- Yasmin Mogahed
“I think one of my favorite feelings is laughing with someone and realizing half way through
how much you enjoy them and their existence.
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- Unknown
“I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that
judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people that dream and support and
do things.”
- Amy Poehler
“Happiness is not a checklist. A dream job, a fast car, a good home, even love, mean
nothing at all if you have not yet found a way to feel full and content in your own mind
and heart.”
- Beau Taplin
“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
- Khaled Hosseini
“People shouldn’t have to appear always, you know, stable and content, because people aren’t always stable and content. And it makes it harder, and it makes us as a majority more unstable and more discontented because we don’t have the freedom to express all of these darker sides of our emotions. Because we’re supposed to keep everything very, you know, friendly and polite and appropriate all the time. And I think that every emotion is appropriate whenever it arises.”
- Fiona Apple
“Often we imagine that we will work hard...arrive at some distant goal, and then we will be happy. This is a delusion. Happiness is the result of a life lived with purpose. Happiness is not an objective. It is the movement of life itself, a process, an activity.”
- Ethan Hawke
“At an early age i learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.”
- Angie Thomas
“Never wish them pain. That’s not who you are. If they caused you pain, they must have pain inside. Wish them healing. That’s what they need.”
- Najwa Zebian
“If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.”
- David Bowie
“One day, you will thank yourself for never giving up, for holding on, for staying alive long enough to finally meet the version of yourself you’ve always prayed for.”
- Gecille Elido
“The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.”
- Bill Murray
“Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.”
