Quotes in category: “Life”:

To be upset over what you dont have, is a waste of what you do have.

Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been and look ahead to what would be. Other days, now days, days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves for growing up.

All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.

One meets his destiny often on the road he takes to avoid it.

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

Never let your success go to your head and never let your failures go to your heart.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

To those of you who have pushed me, thank you- without you I wouldn't have fallen. To those of you who laughed at me, thank you- without you I wouldn't have cried. To those of you who just couldn't love me, thank you- without you I wouldn't have known real love. To those of you who hurt my feelings, thank you- without you I wouldn't have felt them. To those of you who left me lonely, thank you- without you I wouldn't have discovered myself, but it is to those of you who thought I couldn't do it-- it is to you I thank the most because, without you I wouldn't have tried.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse, and when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think, it is hard because you will always find those people who think they know what is your duty better then you know it. it is easy in the world to live after the worlds opinion, it is easy in solitude to live after our own, but the great man is who he is in the midst of a crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Isn't this the moment where one of us is supposed to say, 'This is ridiculous. We love each other, all couples go through this. Let's give it another try?

There are things about your childhood you hold onto, because they were so much a part of you: the places you went, the people you know.

God can’t hand you something new until you let go of what you’re holding.

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others hearts. You'll blame a new love for things an old love did. You'll fight with your best friend, you'll cry because time is flying by, and you'll eventually lose somebody you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely and love like you've never been hurt… Cause every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Everyday is amazing. Even if it's awful. Because everything is for a reason. Because I know that this horrible thing that happens today will bring me something amazing tomorrow. –Sandra Bullock

Dreams aren't meant to be understood any more than tragedies can be avoided. Life happens to us... the only certainty in all of it is that it just keeps happening.

Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

I have come to believe over and over again, that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised and misunderstood, For it is not the difference which immobilizes us most, but silence.

I'm convinced that tragedy wants to harden us and that our mission is to never let it.

When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.