You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
– William Faulkner
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Tag Archives: Courage
Sometimes you have to let go
Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought it would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living – Rachel Marie Martin
And every day
And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling, “This is important! And this is important! And this is important! And this! And this!” And each day, it’s up to you to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and say, No. This is what’s important.
-Iain Thomas
Where does it hurt?
Later that night, I held an atlas in my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered: where does it hurt? It answered: Everywhere. Everywhere. Everywhere.
-Warsan Shine “What They Did Yesterday Afternoon”.
Earth provides enough
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed – Mahatma Gandhi
You will never find a rainbow if
You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.
Charlie Chaplin
Success is not the key to happiness
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
-Albert Schweitzer
A woman is like a tea bag
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
…people who have been through hell
“I love when people who have been through hell walk out of the flames carrying buckets of water for those still consumed by the fire.”
-Stephanie Sparkles
Love and compassion
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”
The Dalai Lama
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