“The average college GPA for a self-made millionaire is somewhere in the low B range. But at some crucial point in their lives, somebody told them they were too stupid to do something and they set out to prove the bastards wrong.”— David Brooks, amazon.com
“When you get discouraged with the smaller picture, look to the larger. When you get discouraged with the larger picture, look to the smaller. Don’t quit. Just shift to a different ministry angle. In a culture yelling the bigger the better, I’m finding life again in looking small.”— Beth Moore, twitter.com
“It’s all gonna be alright someday. Till then we work, we love, we pray. But it’s all gonna be alright someday.”— Beth Moore, twitter.com
“Accept your own story. Reject your past’s hold on your future but do yourself a favor: accept your past. Take it to the hill. Stand with it laid bare in the shadow of the cross. Believe God. Receive grace. Surrender self-hatred. Simply live as 1 to whom His grace was not in vain.”— Beth Moore, twitter.com
“Stop just assuming you have a full lifetime to do whatever it is you dream of doing.”— Scott Riddle, medium.com
“The perennial cry to 'Save Earth' is odd. Planet Earth survives massive asteroid strikes -- it'll survive anything we throw at it. But Life on Earth will not.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com
“here’s to being your own therapist and still needing a therapist, here’s to the stories you keep to yourself”— Trista Mateer, tristamateer.com
“Life is hard for the living, but damn, it's good to be alive and changing and working. The only way to keep doing that is to keep feeding yourself, and keep treating yourself like someone who matters. You matter. Be kind.”— Maria Dahvana Headley, twitter.com
“We all get rejected. We all get left out of cool projects. We all get ignored. We also torture ourselves wondering about the circumstances of rejection or exclusion. But... The spotlight can't always be on us. Part of being a pro is figuring out how to not take that personally.”— Scott Lynch, twitter.com
“It’s gloomy outside. Don’t let it get to you. Remember how loved you are.”— Mandy Gonzalez, twitter.com
“You don't have to be famous to be a role model. Identify issues you're passionate about, like climate change or income inequality. Seek out your own role models, like a teacher or a family friend. Then, take a deep breath and get to work.”— Kamala Harris, twitter.com
“Every day has the potential to be the best day ever. Make today count.”— Mandy Gonzalez, twitter.com
“Life is not a spectator sport. Win, lose, or draw, the game is in progress, whether we want it to be or not. So go ahead argue with the refs, change the rules, cheat a little, take a break and tend to your wounds. But play. Play hard, play fast, play loose and free. Play as if there's no tomorrow. O…”— Blythe Robe, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com
“I’d rather have you hate me for the rest of your life than stand over your grave.”— Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Justine Juel Gillmer, Lydia, Orla Brady, imdb.com
“Oh, life was an ocean misery. There was no way to get out of the suffering except death. But he couldn't do that, not because he was a coward but because he had to take care of his family.”— Ha Jin, amazon.com
“I want to write stories that are different from the ones I've written so far . . . I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they can hold the ones they love.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com