Be Inspired
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
- Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
When people think the world of you, be careful with them.
- Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho Blog, 09-26-05
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
- Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)
The things you own end up owning you.
- Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Fight Club, 1996
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
- Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855), Jane Eyre, 1847
Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.
- Peggy Noonan (1950 - ), in Good Housekeeping
On a lazy Saturday morning when you're lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one. Are you awake, or are you dreaming? You see people and things; some are familiar; some are strange. You talk, you feel, but you move without walking; you fly without wings. Your mind and your body exist, but on separate planes. Time stands still. For me, this is the feeling I have when ideas come.
- Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Self Reliance"
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
- George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
- Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
- James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.
- Herb Caen
Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Look at the world through the eyes of innocence and everything becomes a little lighter.
- Orikes in her awesome Sims 2 legacy story
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
- Camus, seen in This Lullaby book
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.
- Coco Chanel
Life is hard. Really hard. And when you feel like you could be at the lowest of your lows, when you feel like there's no hope, you feel like Life is just laughing at you and pointing out your flaws. You want to cry out "Why me? Why is this happening to me?" And so you do. You scream, you shout, you cry. Because you think that Life is really out to get you.
But, in reality, Life is just strengthening you. It's getting you ready for something monumental. It's guiding you through its course, allowing you "grow up" a little bit. And it's letting you know, that if you never stop believing, never stop dreaming...everything will turn in your favor.
Never stop believing. Never stop reaching your goals and never stop being who you truly want to be. The long road ahead is tough and will continue getting tough, but you have to stick it out. You have to be persistent, be strong, and in a sense, never give up. Never give up what you believe. Never give up what you know you can achieve. After all, once you stop believing, what'll happen to your dreams? Dreams are there for you to achieve. Dreams are not figments of the imagination, they are not there to only be thought. They are there to happen, they are there to come true.
So if you feel like you just can't handle it anymore, handle Life and all the curveballs that it's throwing you, look to the positive. Look to your strength. The strength you know you have. The strength that every person in the world possesses. Always believe, always inspire. Always be who you are. Love the people who make you who you are, love the experiences. Love everything that could ever possibly happen to you.
But most of all, never let Life put you down. When it asks you "Why?", retort back with a snort "Why not?" And when it tells you "No", always go with "Yes." Yes, you can do it. And yes, you're dreams will come true. Because you'll be the one making them come true.
- A blog I found on LJ
- Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
When people think the world of you, be careful with them.
- Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho Blog, 09-26-05
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
- Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)
The things you own end up owning you.
- Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Fight Club, 1996
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
- Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855), Jane Eyre, 1847
Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.
- Peggy Noonan (1950 - ), in Good Housekeeping
On a lazy Saturday morning when you're lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one. Are you awake, or are you dreaming? You see people and things; some are familiar; some are strange. You talk, you feel, but you move without walking; you fly without wings. Your mind and your body exist, but on separate planes. Time stands still. For me, this is the feeling I have when ideas come.
- Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), Lynn on Ideas
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), "Self Reliance"
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
- George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
- Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
- James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.
- Herb Caen
Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Look at the world through the eyes of innocence and everything becomes a little lighter.
- Orikes in her awesome Sims 2 legacy story
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
- Camus, seen in This Lullaby book
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.
- Coco Chanel
Life is hard. Really hard. And when you feel like you could be at the lowest of your lows, when you feel like there's no hope, you feel like Life is just laughing at you and pointing out your flaws. You want to cry out "Why me? Why is this happening to me?" And so you do. You scream, you shout, you cry. Because you think that Life is really out to get you.
But, in reality, Life is just strengthening you. It's getting you ready for something monumental. It's guiding you through its course, allowing you "grow up" a little bit. And it's letting you know, that if you never stop believing, never stop dreaming...everything will turn in your favor.
Never stop believing. Never stop reaching your goals and never stop being who you truly want to be. The long road ahead is tough and will continue getting tough, but you have to stick it out. You have to be persistent, be strong, and in a sense, never give up. Never give up what you believe. Never give up what you know you can achieve. After all, once you stop believing, what'll happen to your dreams? Dreams are there for you to achieve. Dreams are not figments of the imagination, they are not there to only be thought. They are there to happen, they are there to come true.
So if you feel like you just can't handle it anymore, handle Life and all the curveballs that it's throwing you, look to the positive. Look to your strength. The strength you know you have. The strength that every person in the world possesses. Always believe, always inspire. Always be who you are. Love the people who make you who you are, love the experiences. Love everything that could ever possibly happen to you.
But most of all, never let Life put you down. When it asks you "Why?", retort back with a snort "Why not?" And when it tells you "No", always go with "Yes." Yes, you can do it. And yes, you're dreams will come true. Because you'll be the one making them come true.
- A blog I found on LJ