“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire—then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. Learn to separate the inconveniences from the real problems. You will live longer.”— Sigmund Wollman, amazon.com
“If you are reading this, you have survived your entire life up until this point. You have survived traumas, heartbreak, devastation, the elements, different phases of life. And here you are. You go, motherfucker. You’re awesome.”— askclint, excusemewhileistrip.tumblr.com
“When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you.”— Patrick Stump, twitter.com
“Life is not a competition. Find your own happiness and stay there.”— thequietrabbit, mariannapaige.tumblr.com
“Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”— Virginia Satir, goodreads.com
“Not everything happens for a reason. Some things happen purely because evil exists in the world. That did not happen to you because you deserved it. It didn’t happen to you because you needed to learn a lesson. There are lessons you can learn without experiencing pain.”— caringsuggestions, wonderr-lustt.tumblr.com
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“I know. But I want you to try. Just remember that I’ve made it through one hundred percent of the worst days of my life so far.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“It isn’t the life I ever imagined. Half the time, I feel like a stranger in my own skin.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“I know it seems scary right now, but in the end, it’s all going to be worth it. And your life isn’t going to change.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“It's only life. We all get through it. Not all of us complete the journey in the same condition. Along the way, some lose their legs or eyes in accidents or altercations, while others skate through the years with nothing worse to worry about than an occasional bad-hair day.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Get married. Love your wife and treat her with respect. Have children, and teach them the value of hard work. Do your job. Don’t complain. Remember that family— unlike most of those people you might meet in life— will always be around. Fix what can be fixed or get rid of it. Be a good neighbor. Love…”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable conflict that I see no reason to promote more confrontations.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Change isn't easy. Changing the way you live means changing the way you think, means changing what you believe about life. That's hard.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“It will all be better in the end and if it is not better then it must not be the end yet.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“No one's life should be rooted in fear. We are born for wonder, for joy, for hope, for love, to marvel at the mystery of existence, to be ravished by the beauty of the world, to seek truth and meaning, to acquire wisdom, and by our treatment of others to brighten the corner where we are.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Not one day in anyone’s life is an uneventful day, no day without profound meaning, no matter how dull and boring it might seem, no matter whether you are a seamstress or a queen, a shoeshine boy, or a movie star, a renowned philosopher or a Down’s-syndrome child. Because in every day of your life,…”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com