“Free up that heart of yours Make room for new mistakes Newfound hurts Newfound wisdom There are life-changing moments just waiting for you to make a path, to move beyond your comfort zone, new moments, longing to share the stage with that heart of yours.”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“Call off the troops on the battles you’ve already survived. Don’t waste time relitigating moments that are firmly in the rear view mirror. Close those open files. Look how far you’ve come. Exhale. Again. Again. Again. And dream big tonight, love loosen gravity’s grip, fly.”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“Don't go BACK . . . Back to your old ways. Back to the easy way out. Back to how you used to be. Keep getting better, keep moving forward. Let's love life more than we did last year.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“The goal is to never stay the same. I always want to be changing and evolving. That’s the whole point of life and the whole point of making art is to be constantly moving.”— Sufjan Stevens, fuckyeahsufjanstevens.tumblr.com
“The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can…”— Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa, amazon.com