27 Beautiful Quotes From Inspiring Instagram Poets You Absolutely Must Follow

“What’s the point of thinking about how it’s going to end when it’s just the beginning?”

— Judy Blume, amazon.com

“Who's to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren't exactly what the world needs?”

— Adora Svitak, ted.com

“It’s always important to have your own mind.”

— David Beckham, mrporter.com

“It’s silly not to hope. It’s a sin he thought”

— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”

— Khalil Gibran, goodreads.com

“Rabbi Alfred Bettleheim once said: ‘Prejudice saves us a painful trouble, the trouble of thinking.’”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, amazon.com

“My eyes close and uncomprehendingly see the dream in the infinite space that stretches away, elusive, before me.”

— Paul Gaugin, amazon.com

“I am learning more and more to trust in the process, not the result. Meaning, regardless of the ending, whether in relation to a partner, a love, a situation, a circumstance, I trust that the intention of my heart will always guide me home.”

— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com

“But what happens when you don't find that right person? Do you just spend the rest of your life in a relationship where the conversation isn't great, everything isn't perfect, but it is nice and sweet?”

— Miranda Kenneally, amazon.com

“The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity.”

— Alexander Fleming, amazon.com

“Infinite beauty cannot be conceived by a finite mind.”

— John Vyvyan, amazon.com

“Lantern, burning, flickered in my mind for only you.”

— Taylor Swift, open.spotify.com

“Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.”

— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com

“There’s a saying in engineering: You can build things cheap, fast, or right, but not all three.”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

“I suppose I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.”

— Tennessee Williams, amazon.com

“You know that that person has a spark. They have something that has the potential to make you and your life better than you could’ve ever imagined it to be.”

— Mary Mcmahon, thoughtcatalog.com

“…why can’t I manifest the life of my dreams?…your beliefs, my friend…if they are not aligned with who you truly are within…you will manifest in your ‘outer’ reality the same contradictions you have within yourself…and contradictions manifest walls of limitation that block you from seeing the ‘way.’……”

— Conscious Arrival, instagram.com

“You can't stop people from saying bad things about you. All you can do is make them liars.”

— Thomas Sowell, amazon.com

“Nothing and no one stays the same. Grow, evolve, change with each other and celebrate your love’s journey!”

— Miley Cryus, cosmopolitan.com

“I was saying last night that nobody loves like children, they don’t know if you’re black, white, or poor.”

— Toni Morrison, lithub.com

“Desire urges me on, as fear bridles me. Doesn’t that explain everything that happens in the world?”

— Deborah Harkness, amazon.com

“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.”

— Gloria Steinem, elle.com

“We are endlessly in need of God. And what a wonderful thing that is. For He is full of all that we need, moment by moment, forever and ever.”

— Jackie Hill Perry, twitter.com

“What if you just accepted, for this moment, that you do not have to be perfect?”

— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com

“I have never known who or what I am supposed to be. The only thing I know for sure, is that I am supposed to be more than I have been.”

— William Chapman, williamchapmanwritings.tumblr.com

“Do you know how a lost heart fears At the thought of reminiscing And how lips that taste of tears Lose their taste for kissing? You don't know how hearts burn For love that can, not live yet never dies Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes You don't know what love is”

— John Coltrane, open.spotify.com

“The key to power, then, is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.”

— Robert Greene, amazon.com

“Your purpose is to be joyful. Your purpose is to live with ease. Your purpose is to surrender to the love of the Universe so you can live a happy life. Accept the purpose of love and your life will radically change this instant.”

— Gabby Bernstein, twitter.com

“In later life he often spoke of the happiness of his Cambridge years, and agreed with himself to forget the hours of howling loneliness when he sat alone in a room and wept, even if King’s Chapel was right outside his window blazing with beauty.”

— Salman Rushdie, amazon.com

“The biggest spur to my interest in art came when I played van Gogh in the biographical film Lust For Life. The role affected me deeply. I was haunted by this talented genius who took his own life, thinking he was a failure. How terrible to paint pictures and feel that no one wants them. How awful it…”

— Kirk Douglas, amazon.com