“The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.”— John Tyler, azquotes.com
“I have to go back to work! I know what you're going to say but I need the money because I cannot live like this. I cannot live like this. And I cannot live without you.”— Gia Carangi, imdb.com
“I am so stoked on my life. I have been through a lot and have learned a lot. I feel very blessed with everything that I'm able to do - especially being able to surf. I try to keep it simple and just be the best person I can be, and if it makes a difference in other people's lives, that's great!”— Bethany Hamilton, surfertoday.com
“So maybe someone listening will be inspired to pick up a Bible or go to church and their lives will be better and richer as a result.”— Bethany Hamilton, amazon.com
“Life is full of what-ifs. You can’t let it hold you back. If you do, you’re not really living at all . . . just kind of going through the motions with no meaning.”— Bethany Hamilton, amazon.com
“'What if we go on...only to more pain and despair? What if we go on, only to find a horrible friend waiting for us?' 'Then it is not the end.'”— Sarah J. Maas, Chaol Westfall and Aelin Galathynius, amazon.com
“I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this—never neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening. It may be—usually is, in fact—a false alarm that leads to nothing, but may on…”— Alexander Fleming, amazon.com
“when people ask me how i've built my following, i tell them this: i work REALLY hard, i TRY to be good and kind to people 100% of the time, i read a lot, i accept my failures, i try and remain present, and i try to live and love with intention.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“god does not weigh the value of a star based on proximity; so shall we never compare the journey of our own light to that of another’s”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“There are two ways to think about all this. One way is that life is absurd to start with and that only a mad man goes out and tries to change the world, to fight for good and against evil. The other way is that life is indeed absurd to start with and that it can be given meaning only if you live it…”— Leonard Bernstein, goodreads.com
“I had two mothers, two childhoods, lived two different lives in two different cities. Maybe that's why I became two different people.”— Etta James, amazon.com
“I live in a set, with the curtains of the stage closed with no audience - but who cares?”— Karl Lagerfeld, vogue.co.uk