Steph's favorite quotes

"it takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeded."
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

tags: courage, inspirational, life

""Don't wish me happiness
I don't expect to be happy all the time...
It's gotton beyond that somehow.
Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor.
I will need them all."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Gift from the Sea)

14 people liked it

"The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one is wearing a mask. I have shed my mask."
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Gift from the Sea: 50th Anniversary Edition)

10 people liked it

"Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish."
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

6 people liked it

"You can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact that it isn't a bad mood at all; it's just your sucky personality."
— Megan McCafferty (Sloppy Firsts)

tags: humor

59 people liked it

"You, yes, you, linger inside my heart
The same you who stopped us before we could start."
— Megan McCafferty (Second Helpings)

46 people liked it

"You. Yes You"
— Megan McCafferty (Second Helpings)

tags: flutie, marcus

18 people liked it

"I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT YOU.
THE BEST YOU CAN DO IN LIFE IS NOT PISS YOURSELF
OFF.

-Marcus Flutie"
— Megan McCafferty (Second Helpings)

tags: education, wisdom

9 people liked it

"I used to think that I wouldn't change anything from my past, because doing so would inevitably affect who I am now. But considering my current state, I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to go back in time to fix things."
— Megan McCafferty

5 people liked it

"I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE POINT OF BEING SAD
WHEN I COULD CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY"
— Megan McCafferty (Second Helpings)

tags: happiness

5 people liked it

"It's so much easier to convince yourself you're madly in love with someone when you know nothing about him."
— Megan McCafferty (Second Helpings)

tags: love, romance

9 people liked it

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

tags: experience

179 people liked it

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

123 people liked it

"The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

97 people liked it

"The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. "
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

55 people liked it

"It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

tags: childhood, dream, inspirational

56 people liked it

"Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

47 people liked it

" Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you."
— Randy Pausch

tags: inspirational

48 people liked it

"Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear."
— Randy Pausch

43 people liked it

"Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

40 people liked it

"Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. "
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

28 people liked it

"Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you."
— Randy Pausch

21 people liked it

"'This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.'"
— Jennifer Weiner

tags: certain, girls

17 people liked it

"... you don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future. "
— Jane Green (Bookends: A Novel)

tags: life

20 people liked it

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: be-yourself, confidence, individuality, those-who-matter

18,810 people liked it

"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

16,527 people liked it

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: cry, crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, optimism, sadness, smile, smiling

15,222 people liked it

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

tags: action, change, inspirational, philosophy, wish

11,876 people liked it

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