“It’s okay if you feel like you’ve failed yourself and the people you love a lot of times already. One day, after all the tries and failures and cries, you’ll finally make it. And you’ll see that the people who love you never lost their faith in you.”— Kayla Camacho, thoughtcatalog.com
“Understand that life is not a straight line. Life is not a set timeline of milestones. It is okay if you don’t finish school, get married, find a job that supports you, have a family, make money, and live comfortably all by this age, or that age.”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are just as you are supposed to be. You are perfect even amongst all of your imperfections. As long as you maintain a thirst for life, a desire to work hard and live truthfully, and the willpower to grow and to improve yourself and to try harder every day, you are just as you should be.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“To the heart in you, don’t be afraid to feel. To the sun in you, don’t be afraid to shine. To the love in you, don’t be afraid to heal. To the ocean in you, don’t be afraid to rage. To the silence in you, don’t be afraid to break.”— Najwa Zebian, purplebuddhaquotes.com
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your place in the family of things.”— Mary Oliver, amazon.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
“'It is not my fault if the people are foolish,' she said coldly; 'I have never done harm to anyone that I know of.'”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“'You do nothing for your living?' 'Nothing, indeed!' and he shrugged his shoulders with a mingled air of weariness and self-pity, 'Except one thing — I live! 'Is that hard work?' she inquired wonderingly. 'Very!'”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.”— Mingnon McLaughlin, amazon.com
“Flowers do not force their way with great strife. Flowers open to perfection slowly in the sun. Don’t be in a hurry about spiritual matters. Go step by step and be very sure.”— White Eagle, amazon.com
“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.”— Robert Nelson, amazon.com
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”— Christian D. Larson, amazon.com
“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”— Nora Roberts, amazon.com
“The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.”— Brian Tracy, amazon.com
“Don’t worry about pleasing others. Don’t compare yourself to anyone else. Be the writer you wanted to read but never found. Develop a strong core that you can return to again and again, something that isn’t predicated on external validation.”— Jenny Zhang, twitter.com
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”— Chinese Proverb, amazon.com