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“There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.”
― Andrew Jackson

“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.”
― Thomas Paine

“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

“Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.”
― James Frey, A Million Little Pieces

“Your eyes show the strength of your soul.”
― Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
― John F. Kennedy

“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.”
― Stephen King, It

“It don't matter if you believe in God Nick, he believes in you.”
― Stephen King, The Stand

“The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear?"
Yes."
My Imagination."
I thought you were going to say "Fear, itself."
Then you have a small imagination."
Roland and Eddie”
― Stephen King, The Dark Tower

“When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off.”
― Stephen King

“Everything's a lot tougher when it's for real. That's when you choke. When it's for real.”
― Stephen King, It

“If you don't control your temper, your temper will control you.”
― Stephen King, Under the Dome

“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.”
― Stephen King

“SSDD Same Shit Different Day”
― Stephen King, Dreamcatcher

“When it comes to the past, we all stack the deck.”
― Stephen King

“And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must go nuts. I can’t imagine that.”
― Stephen King

“I wouldn't have missed a single minute of it, Not for the whole world.”
― Stephen King

“Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.”
― Stephen King, The Stand

“A person can't change all at once.”
― Stephen King, The Stand

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
― Jimi Hendrix

“Is this the part where you start tearing off strips of your shirt to bind my wounds?"
"If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should have just asked.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

“And yet, you're still alone. All that trying and still you stand apart, watching from the other side of the glass. Afraid to have what you truly want because what if it's not enough after all? So much better to wrap yourself up in the longing. The yearning. The restlessness. Poor Gemma. She doesn't quite fit, does she? Poor Gemma--all alone.”
― Libba Bray , The Sweet Far Thing

“Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97:

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.”
― Mary Schmich

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore”
― Stephenie Meyer

“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. ”
― Joss Whedon

“It is not true that women cannot keep secrets. Where they love, they can be trusted to death and beyond, against all sense and reason. It is their weakness, and their great strength. ”
― Mary Stewart, The Hollow Hills

“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”
― Henry Rollins