“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”— Samuel Beckett, amazon.com
“We all need mantras, I guess - stories we tell ourselves to keep us going.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”— Stanley Kubrick, en.wikiquote.org
“Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.”— Egon Schiele, goodreads.com
“When you have fought so hard to get back on your feet, don’t ever go back to the people who knocked you down.”— Steven Aitchison, simplereminders.com
“It is all the same, drawing, painting, modelling, the irresistible desire to copy any beautiful object which strikes the eye.”— Beatrix Potter, amazon.com
“Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination”— Brandon Sanderson, amazon.com
“What good is having a belly if there is no fire in it. Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work!”— Simon Sinek, twitter.com
“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person’s face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Re…”— Miranda July, amazon.com
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”— Maya Angelou, amazon.com
“Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.”— Samantha Shannon, amazon.com
“Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don’t think you can, hold on.”— James Frey, amazon.com
“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”— Timothy Ferriss, amazon.com
“I always marvel at the humans’ ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.”— Markus Zusak, amazon.com