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"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
— Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities)

tags: cities, tale, two
168 people liked it

"And in the end it is not the years in your life that count,
It's the life in your years."
— Abraham Lincoln

445 people liked it

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
— Abraham Lincoln

115 people liked it

"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"
— Sun Tzu

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"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: cry, crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, optimism, sadness, smile, smiling
14,603 people liked it

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, philosophy, wish
11,427 people liked it

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West

tags: humor, life
8,766 people liked it

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
— Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning
8,011 people liked it

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."
— Mother Teresa

tags: catholicism, christianity, forgiveness, god, goodness, happiness, honesty, kindness, relgion, world
2,921 people liked it

"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be."
— Abraham Lincoln

tags: happiness
2,656 people liked it

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: happiness, inspirational
1,064 people liked it

"To those whom much is given, much is expected."
— John F. Kennedy (The Uncommon Wisdom of JFK: A Portrait in His Own Words)

9 people liked it

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
— John F. Kennedy

tags: inspirational
6 people liked it

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: monroe
1,942 people liked it

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
— Abraham Lincoln

tags: adversity, character, power
354 people liked it

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
"
— Abraham Lincoln

53 people liked it

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing."
— Abraham Lincoln

25 people liked it

"We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt

tags: childhood, children, future, parenthood, parenting
50 people liked it

"Great power involves great responsibility"
— Franklin D. Roosevelt

5 people liked it

"We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt

tags: cjhildren, future
4 people liked it

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
— Robert F. Kennedy

tags: achievement, challenge, failure, success, trying
65 people liked it

"Some men see things as they are and say Why. I dream things that never were and say Why not.
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— Robert F. Kennedy

6 people liked it

"The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die"
— Martin Luther King Jr.

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"The ulitimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

8 people liked it

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me"."
— Erma Bombeck

tags: afterlife, god, heaven, judgement, talent
166 people liked it

"You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind."
— Jodi Picoult (Vanishing Acts)

67 people liked it

"behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain."
— Bob Dylan

tags: beautiful, behind, kind, pain, thing
35 people liked it

"Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive."
— Gerard Way

58 people liked it

"Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary."
— Gerard Way

58 people liked it

"Never forget how beautiful you are."
— Gerard Way

28 people liked it

"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."
— Keith Urban

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"To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kinda scary. I've wondered where this started, and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad."
— Jack Handey (Deep Thoughts)

tags: funny, humour
326 people liked it

"Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever."
— Lance Armstrong (Every Second Counts)

tags: cancer, failure, inspiration, inspirational, pain, quitting
229 people liked it

"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic."
— Dave Barry

tags: ark, noah, titanic
71 people liked it

"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."
— Titanic

29 people liked it

"You jump, I jump."
— -Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic)

17 people liked it

"When you have a good romance, find ways to make their lives miserable and hellish...Do you think 'Titanic' would have been so popular if they had both lived? Not a prayer."
— Orson Scott Card

tags: writing
8 people liked it

"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."
— Woody Allen

87 people liked it

"You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

268 people liked it

"Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it"
— Nicholas Sparks (A Walk to Remember)

tags: love
626 people liked it

"Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that."
— Nicholas Sparks (Message in a Bottle)

167 people liked it

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: hollywood, kiss, soul
194 people liked it

"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: ambition, equality
172 people liked it

"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. "
— Roseanne Barr

tags: feminism, power, women
126 people liked it

"Be the flame, not the moth."
— Casanova

3 people liked it

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