The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
– Thomas Hardy
Tag: life
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
– Aldous Huxley
I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how worse, perhaps, to be locked in.
– Virginia Woolf
Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.
– Paulo Coelho
The normal is that which nobody quite is. If you listen to seemingly dull people very closely, you’ll see that they’re all mad in different and interesting ways, and are merely struggling to hide it.
– Robert Anton Wilson, Masks of the Illuminati
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
– Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
– Oscar Wilde
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
– Mark Twain
To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.
– Nelson Mandela
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
– Oscar Wilde
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
– Tennessee Williams
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
– Paulo Coelho
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.
– Henry Ford
A stumbling-block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
– Marianne Williamson
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.
– Dr. Suess
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
– C.S. Lewis
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
– Albert Einstein
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