“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
― Carl Gustav Jung
“Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre
“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”
― William Faulkner, The Wild Palms
“Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.”
― Bohdi Sanders
“Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon
“The price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings.”
― Pittacus Lore
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre
“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don’t know you’re having one until you’re right in the middle of it.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri
''But if you forgive someone for something they did to you, it doesn’t mean you agree with what they did or believe it was right. Forgiving that person means you have chosen not to dwell on the matter anymore; you have moved on with your life.”
― Idowu Koyenikan
“Life is spectacular. Forget the dark things. Take a drink and let time wash them away to where ever time washes away to.”
― Tim Tharp
“Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.”
― Bohdi Sanders
“Destiny is real. And she's not mild-mannered. She will come around and hit you in the face and knock you over and before you know what hit you, you're naked- stripped of everything you thought you knew and everything you thought you didn't know- and there you are! A bloody nose, bruises all over you, and naked. And it's the most beautiful thing.”
― C. JoyBell C.
“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro
“Sometimes the only way to ever find yourself is to get completely lost.”
― Kellie Elmore
“Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“One thing you have to realize from now on is that it doesn't matter if this is a dream or not. Survival depends on what you do, not what you think.”
― Rebecca McKinsey
“When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.”
― Shannon L. Alder
“If you are driven by fear, anger, or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by courage, awareness, tranquility, and peace nature will serve you.”
― Amit Ray
“Sometimes it’s the mistakes that turn out to be the
best parts of life,”
― Carrie Ryan
“You pay for what you get, you own what you pay for... and sooner or later whatever you own comes back home to you.”
― Stephen King
“How would your life be different if...You decided to give freely, love fully, and play feverously? Let today be the day...You free yourself from the conditioned rules that limit your happiness and dilute the beautiful life experience. Have fun. Give - Love - Play!”
― Steve Maraboli,
“In all your getting, get understanding.”
― Jacqueline Woodson
“If you're reading this, I hope God opens incredible doors for your life this year. Greatness is upon you. You must believe it though.”
― Germany Kent
“Forgiving yourself, believing in yourself, and choosing to love yourself are the best gifts one could receive.”
― Brittany Burgunder
“Life has a meaning but do not set out to find out. Just live it out.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
― Haruki Murakami
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― Roy T. Bennett,
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
― Maya Angelou
“The only thing I'm committed to right now is bettering myself.”
― Nitesh Nishad
“We’re never really lost; we’re just headed to places we didn’t plan on going.”
― Anthony P. Mauro, Sr
“However hard is the soil of the sand, the flower which is supposed to sprout will sprout.”
― Aiyaz Uddin
“Nothing here is random - There is a message and lesson to everything.”
― Bert McCoy
“There’s a beauty, a romance to Life even in its darkest moments…this is when you awaken to do something meaningful for yourself, for the world, to make it a better place! So, love your crisis, embrace the darkness…allow yourself to be led by Life, to arrive where you are truly meant to be.”
― AVIS Viswanathan
“Live the life as you want, not the world”
― Aman Soni
“No experience ever is a waste in Life. In the end, everything always adds up – absolutely everything.”
― AVIS Viswanathan
“Leave yesterday’s emotional baggage behind and live your best life today.
Tomorrow is never ours!”
― George Pornaris
“Live long enough to hear your story being told and you'll realize why every man must tell his own story.”
― James Arita Mogeni Omwenga
“The greatest favor you can do to yourself is to detach from everything that complicates your life!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
“If you fall, decide that it be forward.”
― Ryan B. Fahey
“Ascend. Life calls you up, not down.”
― Ryan B. Fahey
“You cannot win every day, but make sure you win at least once in a while.”
― honeya
“Learn from the successful and you'll achieve what they've achieved!”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
“The taste of success is different when no one believes you.”
― Brajesh Kumar Singh
“The taste of success is different when no one believes you.”
― Brajesh Kumar Singh
“The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.”
― George Orwell
“The best way to live Life is to flow with it; accepting what is, making sincere efforts to repair whatever needs fixing, and trusting the process...”
― AVIS Viswanathan
“Sometimes in Life, 2+2 does not equal 4! Things just refuse to add up at times. Talent + Integrity + Hard Work do not immediately deliver worldly success/financial rewards/recognition/fair play!! And so, that's how we learn that we are all a product of the time we go through.”
― AVIS Viswanathan
“Life is your journey, choosing to live it to fullness is your choice. You may ask why it's hard to live, I may answer because it should be like this, that’s a general response. However, what you should know is that there is no joy in getting things that easily… working hard to achieve it will make difference. There are multiple paths in front of you and you must choose, you may get lost, you may get tired, you may get overwhelmed, you may doubt that’s not the right path for me and then the truth starts to reveal itself, everything begins and ends with you … yes, it's you… It is you who can control it, who can defeat the challenges it's you the author of your reality it's you the dreamer it's you the believer it's you the wiser it is you who prove that you are unique… your mindset and your thoughts must harmonize to create your story, to illustrate your dream to make your unique print because you are different and you never want to be a copy… it's not easy to change or to adapt but you have that flame inside you, that the light that will guide you in the worse and the best... Dare to dream ...Tick Tock… Time...That’s another story…”
― Elena Moona
“Bliss has a very stealthy way of entering your Life, it comes calling when you are least expecting it…but it is a call that you cannot refuse…that is why it is called your ‘calling’!”
― AVIS Viswanathan
“Never surrender in hopelessness. It is never the last resort. It is the ONLY resort. Surrender in joy at having found a way out of 'Maya' or 'life's trials and tribulations. When you surrender in joy you will encounter and feel faith....that magical something you can never see but only experience. Remember: The Lord's waiting for your surrender and when you do, you will be lifted, embraced, energized, and liberated!”
― AVIS Viswanathan
“We need to listen to our Destiny, and not our drama.”
― Samuel Rodriquez
“Deal with Life calmly and you will be able to make something meaningful out of your lived experiences. Get keyed up and you will end up in knots. And, of course, occasionally, be prepared for your Life’s plans to be snatched away from you, knotted up and thrown back at you, to untangle...!”
― AVIS Viswanathan
“Life’s too short to dread five days a week to only enjoy the remaining two.”
― Natasha Sattler
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