“When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“The good news is, this wouldn't be the first time someone's crawled,tooth and nail, out of hell.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.ca
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say No to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger Yes burning inside. The enemy of the best is often the good.”— Stephen R Covey, amazon.com
“Stop wallowing and remember: the more decisions you make, the more your life is your own.”— Alina Simone, amazon.com
“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Freedom continues to be the thing I prize most in the world. Of course, this has led me to drink wines I did not like, to do things I should not have done and which I will not do again; it has left scars on my body and on my soul, it has meant hurting certain people, although I have since asked thei…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius t…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“I know people who have been stuck in doubt their entire lifetime. Each of these unfortunate individuals – some of them my very own friends and family – came at some point to a crossroads. They came to this crossroads and found themselves rooted there, with one foot firmly planted on each side of the…”— Stephen Cope, amazon.com
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”— J.K. Rowling, goodreads.com
“I found that every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear, specific, unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50 and most never…”— Brian Tracy, goodreads.com
“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”— Kyle Chandler, brainyquote.com