“I think people have forgotten that education is supposed to be a tool to help you on
your way to greatness, not the definition of how great you are.”
- Anon
“Despite what you may believe, you can disappoint people and still be good enough. You
can make mistakes and still be capable and talented. You can let people down and still be
worthwhile and deserving of love. Everyone has disappointed someone they care about.
Everyone messes up, lets people down, and makes mistakes. Not because we’re inadequate
or fundamentally inept, but because we’re imperfect and fundamentally human. Expecting
anything different is setting yourself up for failure.”
- Daniell Koepke
“Big goals are important. You should always have a clear vision of where you would ultimately like to be. But be sure to set yourself a number of smaller goals along the way. Accomplishment drives ambition. The dream might be the destination, but the little triumphs will get you there.”
- Beau Taplin
“I always find myself comforting people with the words I want to hear.”
- Unknown
“I was told that I was different, and I felt out of place, and too loud, too full of fire, never good at sitting still, never good at fitting in. And then one day I realized something, something I hope you all realize. Different is good. When someone tells you are different, smile and hold your head up high and be proud.”
- Angelina Jolie
“How beautiful to walk away from something not meant for you with poise.”
- Kiana Azizian
“Someone once told me to always live for the little things in life. Live for 5am sunrises and 5pm sunsets where you’ll see colors in the sky that don’t usually belong. Live for road trips and bike rides with music in your ears and the wind in your hair. Live for days when you’re surrounded by your favorite people who make you realize that the world is not a cold, harsh place. Live for the little things because they will make you realize that this is what life is about, this is what it means to be alive.”
- A.Y
“Stay soft. Do not let the things that have hurt you turn you into a person you are not.”
- Bianca Sparacino
“If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present... gratefully.”
- Maya Angelou
“If you are someone who still carries hope in your heart, kindness in your eyes and generosity in your fingertips despite terrible people happening to you, thank you. You are one of the few truly pure things left in this world, and you deserve to be protected.”
- Nikita Gill
“Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that’s what life is.”
- Amy Poehler
“Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it’s having those loved ones.”
- Johnny Cash
“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.”
- William Arthur Ward
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
- Albert Einstein
“There is a big difference between giving up and letting go. Giving up means selling yourself
short. It means allowing fear and struggle to limit your opportunities and keep you stuck.
Letting go means freeing yourself from something that is no longer serving you. Giving up
reduces your life. Letting go expands it. Giving up is imprisoning. Letting go is liberation.
Giving up is self-defeat. Letting go is self-care.”
- Daniell Koepke
“The three big lies: I am what I have. I am what I do. I am what other people say about me.”
- Henri Nouwen
“The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps
the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has
far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.”
- Rachel Naomi Remen
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
- Vincent van Gogh
“For every kind soul you meet with a beautiful story to tell, may you know that you are worthy of being seen that way as well.”
- Morgan Harper Nichols
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
