“You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you need to breathe, calm down, look around, and improvise. Creativity is the key of life.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“All life's battles teach us something. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered foolishness. If you're a good warrior you will not blame yourself for this, but neither will you allow your mistakes to repeat themselves.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Make use of every blessing; a blessing cannot be saved. There is no bank where we can deposit blessings received, to use them when we see fit. If you do not use them, they will be irretrievably lost.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Look back, solve your problems and be grateful to everybody who helped. Look ahead and be hopeful that you will have problems that can be solved.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“It's better to cross the line and suffer the consequences than to just stare at the line for the rest of your life.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Accept a defeat as it is: a defeat. Don’t try to transform it in 'experience.' It may be an experience IF you swallow your ego and say to yourself: 'I lost.' If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule—never lie to yourself.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“That’s the thing about turning points: Facing a new direction doesn’t mean there’s not another long road in front of you.”— Franchesca Ramsey, amazon.com
“Well, the best advice I can give is that you never know who's gonna grow up to be famous, so just make yourself available.”— Daniel Palladino, Lois Griffin (voice), Alex Borstein, imdb.com
“How long are you going to keep carrying that one conversation in your heart? The one where you said or did the exact wrong thing? It’s DONE. Nothing left but to learn. Drag it to the trash file. Click ‘empty trash’ Yes, you’re sure. Click. Free up that heart of yours.”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“You were hurt badly, and those scars will be with you forever. I feel sorry for you, I really do. But think of it like this: It's not too late to recover. You're young, you're tough. You're adaptable. You can patch up your wounds, life up your head, and move on.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Every once in a while, life affords you the opportunity to have real, authentic, genuine happiness. It's up to you to see it. Pay attention.”— Erica Baker, twitter.com
“Guys life is brutal, FOR EVERYONE, every one of us is fighting something that the next person cannot fully understand. Even the closest people in our lives can’t always understand why we feel the way we do. Let’s just give a little extra love and humanity to each other.”— Matt Cohen, twitter.com
“Bob: Your book? You mean like a bible? Rebecca: Kind of, but less sci-fi.”— Erin Ehrlich, Rebecca Bunch, Rachel Bloom, imdb.com
“Surround yourself with people who push you to be the person you say you want to be.”— Erica Baker, twitter.com
“Sometimes you have to get in trouble--good trouble, necessary trouble--to make a way out of no way.”— John Lewis, twitter.com
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”— John Lewis, twitter.com
“A revelation leaps over the borders of the everyday. A life without revelation is no life at all. What you need to do is move from reason that observes to reason that acts. That's what's critical.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com