“I knew I’d never be able to compete with gymnasts who’ve been training to compete since three years old, but I figured there was a way to use the small skill base I had and my sort of styling and creative ideas I had for performance to make something.”— Marawa, Herself, Marawa, youtube.com
“You are allowed to take up space. Own who you are and what you want for yourself. Stop downplaying the things you care about, the hopes you have. Own your passions, your thoughts, your perceptions. Own your fire. Stop putting your worth in the hands of others; stop letting them decide your value. Ow…”— Bianca Sparacino, shopcatalog.com
“From time to time, trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.”— Bianca Sparacino, shopcatalog.com
“How they make you feel says a lot about them and nothing about you. Trust me when I say someone who makes you question if you are worthy of being loved is not worthy of being loved by you.”— Bianca Sparacino, shopcatalog.com
“There's always going to be somebody who'll try to take your dignity and self-esteem. Just never let them take your voice.”— Catherine LePard, Rev. Eric Camden, Stephen Collins, imdb.com
“The first 90 seconds of your day determine the other 23 hours and 57.5 minutes of your day.”— Brandon Steiner, forbes.com
“I pray you quit overthinking, replaying failed scenarios, feeding self-doubt and seeing the good in everyone but yourself. You deserve more.”— Jodi Sta.Maria, twitter.com
“If the girl in my class could get through her presentation after her nudes on Google Drive were projected to the whole class, I can get through finals week.”— @coll3enshanahan, twitter.com
“I first encountered Stephen Hawking on the cover of the New York Times magazine. Inside, its pages told a story we all know today, but at the time it was a revelation: a Cambridge astrophysicist sought to solve the great mysteries of the universe, while he himself was trapped in a wheelchair by a pr…”— Peter Guzzardi, theguardian.com
“That thing that was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you, probably no one noticed or cared, and if they did, they forgot about in two minutes.”— Michael Lipsey, stoicmike.tumblr.com
“please know, you are more than your trauma, and the circumstances surrounding it.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“nadir, n.: I am convinced that in order to hit the low point, it’s not enough to fall; to reach the depths, you have to be pushed.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“There are over 7.000.000.000 people on this planet. Why are you allowing one of them to ruin your life?”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“When your heart is shattered into a million pieces, all you can do is try to keep holding on. You breathe. You try to fall asleep. You try to not think about him.”— Susane Colasanti, amazon.com