Quotes in category: “Life”:

Because that was then and this is now... If you go around angry all the time, you're the one it hurts. I react to things that happen today. That's what i can fix. I can't fix the past.

What is it you said to the kid? The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very rough, mean place... and no matter how tough you think you are, it'll always bring you to your knees and keep you there, permanently... if you let it. You or nobody ain't never gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit... it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... how much you can take, and keep moving forward. If you know what you're worth, go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit.

The minute you think you're going to lose something, it suddenly becomes the most important thing in your life.

Nobody will pay attention, until you make a fatal mistake.

Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks. That's what I know now. It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. It's real, though - the fury, even when it isn't. It can change you... turn you... mold you and shape you into something you're not. The only upside to anger, then... is the person you become. Hopefully someone that wakes up one day and realizes they're not afraid to take the journey, someone that knows that the truth is, at best, a partially told story. That anger, like growth, comes in spurts and fits, and in its wake, leaves a new chance at acceptance, and the promise of calm.

I'm starting to learn. You cant make someone love you. You cant make someone be faithful to you. You cant control your own fate sometimes... things happen.. good, bad... indifferent. You just have to let some things go... and hope they turn out for the best.... its like falling off a horse. You're in the air.. and you know its going to hurt like hell when you hit the ground. But there isnt enough time to stop it. So you close your eyes and hope for the best. 

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. 

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.  

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.  If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you; Be honest and sincere anyway. What you spend years creating others could destroy overnight; Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give your best anyway.

I think we can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do - by what we deny ourselves, what we resist and who we exclude. I think we've got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create and who we include.

You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period. 

A person can get used to anything, if given enough time.

Have you ever had a dream that seemed so real, when you woke up you didn't know what to believe? What would you do if what you thought was true, wasn't? And what you thought wasn't true, was? Would you retreat into your dreams with the hope of finding a more perfect reality? Sometimes life is strange in that dream. And the only way to wake up is to face what lies hidden in your self. And you can only hope that in those moments of dark reflection, that you are not alone.

It happens to everyone as they grow up ... you find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that the people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the memories, but you find yourself moving. 

There are moments in life so archetypal perfect, that there's only one right thing to say. But as humans, each with our own idiosyncrasies, we may not always respond the way the universe or say, our parents want or expect us to. It is at moments such as these that we realize that the truth has a distinct cost that can't be bargained down. And in these moments, we must choose whether to pay the price. 

It's terribly amusing how many different climates of feeling one can go through in a day.

It's all about character. Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. watch your character; it becomes your destiny. 

I know there will be better things. That's kind of the best thing about being young... knowing all these things are on their way... these better things 

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

It's not always what you wear... it's how you wear it; confidence is the best accessory.

I'd rather be despised for my character than liked for my lack of it.

I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do.

Music comforts me. It tells me it's okay to feel sad or scared or alone.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.