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You know that passage in the Bible that says, “And the meek shall inherit the Earth”? Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually says, “And the geek shall inherit the Earth.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Be inspired but not proud.
— B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Life
The Message of Mohammad is not a set of metaphysical phenomena. It is a complete civilization.
— W.A.R. Gibb
It’s okay,” I tell her.“It is okay to be happy
— David Levithan, Every Day
Can you hold a red-hot iron rod in your hand merely because some one wants you to do so? Then, will it be right on your part to ask others to do the same thing just to satisfy your desires? If you cannot tolerate infliction of pain on your body or mind by others' words and actions, what right have you to do the same to others through your words and deeds?Do unto others as you would like to be done by. Injury or violence done by you to any life in any form, animal or human, is as harmful as it would e if caused to your own self.
— Mahavira
As much as I hated to admit it, I kind of looked forward to seeing him. It made no sense, but something about his infuriating nature made me forget about my other worries. Weirdly, I felt like I could relax around him.
— Richelle Mead, Bloodlines
Appreciation is always appreciated.
— Shubham Choudhary
But I think you’re beautiful. You’re lovely.” I shifted uncomfortably under the intense scrutiny and prickling heat in his eyes. “Thanks?” He thinks I'm…lovely? The idea that Kyle thought I was not just hot, but lovely, sent pangs of something like fear through me, an intense pressure in my heart.
— Jasinda Wilder, Falling into You
I won't give up on us
— Jason Mraz
Commas' nourishes your desires and full-stop kills.
— Chandan Sharma
Great songs don't grow on trees, yet lots of songs have been written on great trees
— Benny Bellamacina, Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
It's good to let your mind wonder, as long as you know where it's going
— Benny Bellamacina, Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
You’ll probably fall in & out of love at least a dozen times…the wrong way…to love THAT ONE…the right way…YOU!
— S.  Jones
they will give you a kiss maybe but after a while they will bite your heart
— anynomous
The truth, in the right hands, can be a very flexible tool.
— Gabriel Boutros, The Guilty
Nor did he care about his childhood, for certainly I never heard him speak of it. I once questioned him about his early days and he would not answer. ‘What is the egg to the eagle?’ he asked me…
— Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King
Growth in the number of humans is associated with decline in humanity.
— Meeta Ahluwalia
Intuition is given only to him who has undergone long preparation to receive it.-Louis Pasteur
— Mitch Kynock
When you've got everything and think you've got nothing you've actually got less
— Benny Bellamacina, Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
In the big scheme of things, it’s the little things that matter
— Benny Bellamacina, Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
Our life is our only chance...
— Laure Lacornette
Stick to what you know and always be true to yourself. If you do that, your writing will be true, also.
— Ashley Chunell
One thing I’ve learned about art is that, it’s not perfect. It doesn’t have to be a flawless masterpiece. I’m not perfect, we’re not perfect… but right here, right now… is perfect. It’s a masterpiece.
— Jac Prescott
The main thing I worship is Nature !
— Laure Lacornette
Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something.
— Iyanla Vanzant
It is very easy to love alone.
— Gertrude Stein
I didn't do anything wrong. I swear.'He grunted. 'Like I've never heard that before. Funny, but I expected a little more originality from Moira's daughter.''Yeah, well, the dog ate my notebook with all my good excuses.
— Mindee Arnett, The Nightmare Affair
Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.
— Mark Twain
Imagine you had a friend who was there for you all the time and you were there for them, but they stopped being there for you as much as they used to which you can understand a little because people have things to do, but then they’re around less and less no matter how much you try to reach out to them. Then suddenly one day - nothing - they’re gone. Just like that. Then you write to them, and you’re ignored, and then you write to them again and you’re ignored and finally you write to them for a third time and they barely even want to make the appointment, they’re so busy with their job, their friends and their car. How would you feel?
— Cecelia Ahern, The Time of My Life
I would live forever if I could, but not like this.
— Gary Young, No Other Life
I generally don’t become overexcited about things anyway, I’m just not one of those people.I’m not easily surprised by things either. I think it’s because I expect that anything can happen. That makes me sound like a believer and I’m not necessarily that either. I’ll phrase it better: I just accept things that happen. All things.
— Cecelia Ahern, The Time of My Life
I believe being a ‘gentleman’ goes well beyond holding the door for a girl and letting her go before you. It’s about being vulnerable for her. I think that when it comes to the way we treat women, it’s a good idea to look to the way Jesus treated women. He laid His life down for His bride,He sacrificed for her,He lowered Himself for her,He was vulnerable for her.We must love women vulnerably in the same way that Jesus loved His bride vulnerably. Being a gentleman is far more than being caring and thoughtful, it’s about possessing sacrificial and vulnerable Christ-like characteristics. I don’t know if it’s possible to be a gentleman without knowing and representing the character of Jesus.
— Cole Ryan
They are my men and this ship my responsibility. I vowed no woman would ever alter my path. Yet I kept them from ending you, and it makes me sick to the gut, for I would still rather die myself than see one hair on your head damaged by another man.
— Saskia Walker, The Jezebel
There is a pleasure a bee takes in collecting nectar and piling it into a hive. It knows well that the chores involved in such a task will yield sweet results.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
Then I saw his kind eyes, a comfort I desired. Then I saw his height, a knight I needed by my side. Then I saw his body, a man I surrendered to.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
To eat Ugali is an art of adventure in itself. Forget cutlery because all you need is your lovely fingers.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
I do not condemn either the rich or the poor, but the consequences of these two.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
My thick and full lips shall pout their African ancestry until all sorrows are kissed out of me.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
The joy of comradeship in this foreign land has been killed by silence and overprotection of personal space. I miss the chaos around me for it makes me realise that I am amidst life and alive.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
My lips swelled with red freshness, my chest heaved proudly with a pair of pointed African drums, my face tempted with its sweetness like Kilimanjaro waters and my height spoke a language only a Maasai warrior knew.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
Right now in this world, a child is dying from an ailment because its family cannot afford to buy charcoal for boiling water.Right now in this world, a girl is striving to find firewood from trees that no more exist, and water from sources that are poisonous.Right now in this world, a boy is out fishing in a lake rich with inedible species.Right now in this world, a mother is drowning in heavy rainfall, to save her belongings.Right now in this world, a man has lost his dignity because all his eff orts to save have been wiped away to poverty by unforeseen calamities.Right now in this world, a family is starving because drought has invaded their once fertile land.Right now in this world, a nation is planning for refugee status due to adverse climate conditions.Right now in this world, you have a choice to help alleviate environmental problems caused by humankind.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
May the economic discrimination you impose on your own people bloat your mind. That polluted rubbish occupyingyour mind-set needs to be swept clean. May the disgusted look you impose on those you judge poor burn your eyes.That evil look occupying your clear vision needs to land in the bin. May that shameful attitude you impose on those you wish to feel lesser bring your soul to restlessness. That fake character you display needs to be thrown out of the window.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
Everyone these days is concerned so much with privacy and forgets the value of human touch. We still need each other but are scared of how it might sound or appear to the other.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
Have you ever entered a kitchen to find a woman, her legs crossed while the rest of her body is dressed in colourful khanga, smiling at you while her hands are making a melodious song with a coconut grater? Have you ever wondered how any woman size can fit on that grater regardless of their body size? The time for wondering is over. East Africa heartily welcomes you to see for yourself. Go and visit it.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
May you grow to be a fearless and proud accepting-self human.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
You will experience a lot of imaginings as usually is for humans although we tend to pretend that all our thoughts are septic and moral. Feelcomfortable with your thoughts. Trust me dear child, no human is spared from wild thoughts and you too will have them. Nothing should limit you my child. But the minute you decide to speak out your thinking or live them, you should be ready for the consequences too.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
At times we are the worst racist enemies of our black selves.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
I refuse to behave fraudulently, as if I was anything else but African.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
One should use well a mouth for someone will remember your words and the manner they were spoken. One should pose well in a body for someone will remember your image and how you carried it. One should serve well for someone will recall the kindness and spread it among humanity.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
The moment of honouring our humanity is now.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
Have you ever given yourself to a kiss so completely, that you felt like you surrendered some of yourself and replaced it with a part of them?
— Ali Harris
Kiss till you can't kiss any more, kiss on the street in front of everyone, kiss as if each one were the last.
— Ali Harris
Do kisses fade like Polaroid pictures if you don't pay attention to them?
— Ali Harris, The First Last Kiss
Make every kiss a celebration, throw a party for every one.
— Ali Harris, The First Last Kiss
You shall no longer take things at second or third hand.... nor look through the eyes of the dead.... nor feed on the spectres in books. I tramp a perpetual journey All goes onward and outward.... and nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. If no other in the world be aware I sit content, And if each and all be aware I sit content. The final three stanzas of 'Song of Myself" were also highlighted. I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles. You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to your nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one places search another, I stop some where waiting for you It became a weekend of reading, of trying to see her in the fragments of the poem she'd left for me. I could never get anywhere with the lines, but I kepr thinking about them anyway, becase I didn't want to disappoint her. She wanted me to play out with the string, to find the place where she had stopped and was waiting for me, to follow the bread crumb trail until it dead-ended into her.
— John Green, Paper Towns
I will play out the string. I will not betray your trust. I will find you.
— John Green, Paper Towns
Rachel hadn’t invented the dangers of toxoplasmosis
—  she’d gone online and built an airtight case. This wasn’t crazy talk. Neurobiologists had linked T. gondii to suicide and the onset of schizophrenia. All caused by exposure to cat poop. Some studies even suggested that the toxo brain parasites chemically coerced people to adopt more cats. Those crazy cat ladies were actually being controlled by an infection of single-cell invaders.
We should all celebrate the magnitude of diverse and unique souls that live in our world today, for it is an essence that makes our lives colourful every singleday.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
There are rules to the game but I don’t believe that we need to be bound by them. If it feels appropriate to follow the rules, then by all means, follow them. If it feels better to break the rules, be creative and do it.
— Anne-Rae Vasquez, Doubt
Stop worrying about life, no one survived it.
— A.J. Shazad
A true artist creates art because they have a passion and desire to do so.
— Anne-Rae Vasquez, Almost a Turkish Soap Opera
War of words. We are influenced by the western media. But is what we hear the truth or just PR campaigns for governments?
— Anne-Rae Vasquez, Doubt
Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself.
— O.A. Battista
He blushed to see other Frenchmen overcome with joy whenever they met a compatriot abroad. The would fall on each other, cluster in a raucous group, and pass whole evenings complaining about the barbarity of the locals. These were the few who actually noticed that locals did things differently. Others managed to travel so ‘covered and wrapped in a taciturn and incommunicative prudence, defending themselves from the contagion of an unknown atmosphere’ that they noticed nothing at all.
— Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer
Creativity and expression of one’s art can only be measured by the audience to whom it was intended for.  Not everyone is going to like my “art” and I don’t really care about that.
— Anne-Rae Vasquez, Almost a Turkish Soap Opera
Many years ago, I left my home country very narrow minded. Today I return with an educated mind, able to understand why my culture is as it is and still be very proud of it.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
I am also open minded to embrace strange notions and respect its bearers without harsh judgement. Exposure has made me feel confident and wiser to choose what feels right for me, in order to be the best human being for myself and others.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
Being able to experience and live the differences with sound judgement offers a chance to opt for what is right for one.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
Dont forget to pray today, because God didn't forget to wake you up this morning.
— SalemIsaac
Do not fear to find yourself among strangers.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
What might be considered loyalty in onesociety might not necessarily be the same for another.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
Life at home is at a pace which allows you to appreciate what it has to offer. Simultaneously you get a chance to reflect on what you wish from it. Our development also goes at the same pace, which is not something that everyone appreciates.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
Then I learnt of “white Christmas”, which again I found very peculiar since we always have a white Christmas at home for it never passes by without eating rice. That is our white Christmas.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
Drooling over an African figure that I could never have, I feasted my eyes uponthe swaying mounds of my fellow African sisters.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, I Am Tausi
What are the lessons intended in the stories we tell to our children today?
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
I was taught how to walk but I did not master the cheating steps of others.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
She refuses to support the slogan - Men are equal to women - if this translates to her femininity being faded out or confused by trying to please a selfish idea of anyone wanting a woman to be both herself and a man.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
To be a woman is not a weakness.
— Gloria D. Gonsalves
She is a woman, how can you confuse her for a man?
— Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations
Minds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction.
— Christian Baloga
All new news is old news happening to new people
— Malcolm Muggeridge
That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party.
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond who you were.
— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Neglected But Undefeated: The Life Of A Boy Who Never Knew A Mother's Love
To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am willing to excuse a thousand faults.
— W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
One thing I have learned is that the people who label you are usually the ones who know the least about who you really are and they have never made the effort to learn different.
— J.S. Goldstine, Charlotte's War
We all say and do things we regret, but it’s never to late to change, apologize and become a better person
— Thomas Amo, Forever ME
Always tell yourself that you are as good as anyone that breathes; that you have two hands and a brain, and a little time in which to use them. But they are enough, and no one has any more. And if you train and force them to serve you well, you can reach any height to which you aspire. But to waste any of them is to betray yourself.
— Robert M. Stroud
So does that mean if you won’t fuck me because I’m high, I could fuck you because you’re not?
— K.A. Mitchell, Bad Company
The house was left; the house was deserted. It was left like a shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains now that life had left it. The long life seemed to have set in; the trifling airs, nibbling, the clammy breaths, fumbling, seemed to have triumphed. ..
— Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
If you find yourself cutting corners, go in a circle instead
— Benny Bellamacina, Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
VERY EARLY ONE MORNING in July 1977, the FBI, having been tipped off about Operation Snow White, carried out raids on Scientology offices in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, carting off nearly fifty thousand documents. One of the files was titled “Operation Freakout.” It concerned the treatment of Paulette Cooper, the journalist who had published an exposé of Scientology, The Scandal of Scientology, six years earlier. After having been indicted for perjury and making bomb threats against Scientology, Cooper had gone into a deep depression. She stopped eating. At one point, she weighed just eighty-three pounds. She considered suicide. Finally, she persuaded a doctor to give her sodium pentothal, or “truth serum,” and question her under the anesthesia. The government was sufficiently impressed that the prosecutor dropped the case against her, but her reputation was ruined, she was broke, and her health was uncertain. The day after the FBI raid on the Scientology headquarters, Cooper was flying back from Africa, on assignment for a travel magazine, when she read a story in the International Herald Tribune about the raid. One of the files the federal agents discovered was titled “Operation Freakout.” The goal of the operation was to get Cooper “incarcerated in a mental institution or jail.
— Lawrence Wright, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
May our eyes focus rightly on Christ ... before the need to please others, before church, and before the busyness of Christian life. Those things will surely have their place, but they will be most valuable if put in their proper position.
— Traci LaRussa
inspiration is not a thing, its every thing, open your eyes and inspiration is everywhere.
— L.L. Caulton
One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.
— Carla H. Krueger, Broken Shells
A thin man can squeeze into a fat body, yet you can only squeeze a fat man to become thin
— Benny Bellamacina, Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
You are the captain of your emotions. No one and nothing can control those feelings except you. You have the sole ability to either let these make or break you, inspire or destroy you."- Elizabeth's Quotes
— Elizabeth E. Castillo
Letting go is impossible when you're holding a grudge." -Faydra D. Fields
— Faydra D. Fields, 30 Quotes 30 Days, Volume 1
It's Ms. Armano.”“Oh, Ms, huh. One of those women's libbers?” He chuckled, glancing up at her. “I prefer independent woman who can make it on her own. Lucky for you I'd say if I decide to accept your offer.
— Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, Howdy, Ma'am
A clever quote opens new paths in the minds of the clever!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
Some people think the stars must look closer from up here. They don't. When you're up here, you realize how distant they really are—how impossible to reach.
— Ally Condie, Reached
Could the two people who are making out please be quiet?" the Colonel asked loudly from his sleeping bag. "Those of us who are not making out are drunk and tired.
— John Green, Looking for Alaska
If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Yotsuba: I’ll get revenge! … I’m going! Jumbo (in a suffering manner): Yotsuba… please, come back alive… Yotsuba (heroic): Alright. Even if I die… I’ll come back alive.—–Yotsuba!
— Kiyohiko Azuma, Yotsuba&!, Vol. 03
I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step.
— Stephenie Meyer, The Host
Some people think the stars must look closer from up here. They don't.When you're up here, you realize how distant they really are--how impossible to reach.
— Ally Condie, Reached
It was very relaxing to be away from civilization, and this bothered me. I should not have found the loneliness so welcoming.
— Stephenie Meyer
Find your passion and run with it. Anything is possible.
— Kendall Schmidt
I was a fool for love, I was a fool.
— Tegan Quin
Life can be hard in the real world.
— Jenny B. Jones, There You'll Find Me
Kid's, Life's too short to be organized. Follow your dreams first, then organize later.
— Kendall Schmidt
It's what we think of ourselves that matter
— Kendall Schmidt
Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.
— Jill Telford
Opportunities like this come once in a lifetime!
— Kendall Schmidt
It's what we think of ourselves that matter!
— Kendall Schmidt
We don't really consider ourselves famous. we're just four dorks who ride around on a bus.
— Big Time Rush
CoMMOn SeNSe iS nOt sO cOmMOn aMoNg coMMon pEOPLe...
— DeOLs
Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it. 
— Jill Telford
Nothing is Impossible. The word "impossible" itself reads "I'm Possible"!
— Mayowa Ajisafe, Eagle Success
Hire new field systems maintainer" was near the top of my to-do list, right under "uncover massive political conspiracy," "avenge Buffy's death," and "don't die.
— Mira Grant, Feed
When the Universe is taken into account, nothing is impossible.
— Massimo Marino
So what do you think?’ He asked, holding up the book.‘I think Salinger is a closet paedophile,’ I replied placidly and was surprised and comforted by this minuscule, acidic, bitter Sylvia Plath like mocking, sniping tone that had crept into my voice. ‘The main character Seymour is a fully grown man and a pervert who befriends young girls with his storytelling and swimming, just to get close enough to groom them in preparation for the inevitable sexual assault he lusts after. You might have noticed for example in A Perfect Day For Bananafish he grabs the young girls-’‘Sybil.’‘He grabs Sybil’s ankles while lying on the beach and again when he pushes her in the water,’ I continued. ‘He goes too far when he kisses the bottom of her foot which makes even a four-year-old yell out in fear, knowing a line had been crossed. Frustrated Seymour walks away and goes back to his hotel where he kills himself in shame.
— J.D. Gallagher
I know what ails you.
— Tom  Lucas
Daniel 12:3 "...and those who turn the many to righteousness will shine the stars forever.
— Craig W. Dressler, Hafren: A Fantasy for the Young at Heart
Who will guard us against the guardians?
— Susan Ee, Angelfall
I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.
— Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls
People change. I mean you barely know who you are when you enter, and you spend that time figuring out what you want from life, and who you want in it. The next thing you know, the people you always thought would be there, aren't. A nd the person you thought you could trust with everything, isn't the person you ever knew at all.
— Rebecca Donovan
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air.
— Paul Hoffman, The Last Four Things
I think people need hope when times are tough. I think they also need escape and adventure and fantasy. Books are like cheap mini vacations.
— Michelle M. Pillow
If a girl thinks she isn't beautiful, I'm here to prove her wrong.
— Kendall Schmidt
I Know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am So if you don't like it, Tough!
— Britney Spears
Falling into true love, is not taking a rope to climb out
— Benny Bellamacina, Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
That's No'-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock-Jock, mistress,' said Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock-Jock. 'Ye were one jock short,' he added helpfully.
— Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
You can wait your whole life for the right moment and it might never come, so I'm a big believer in making now the right moment.
— Logan Henderson
Do something that surprises yourself cause if you don't surprise yourself, you're not going to surprise anybody else.
— Logan Henderson
What's the bigger risk: Taking the risk, or not taking the risk? What will you accomplish by not taking the risk? What will you accomplish by taking the risk, even if you fail?
— Kya Aliana
I have a message for your daughter,” said Cale. “I am bound to her with cables that not even God can break. One day, if there is a soft breeze on her cheek, it may be my breath; one night, if the cool wind plays with her hair, it may be my shadow passing by.” And with this terrible threat he faced forward and the procession started once more. In less than a minute they were gone. In her shady room Arbell Swan-Neck stood white and cold as alabaster.
— Paul Hoffman, The Left Hand of God
You don't wait for your dreams to happen, you MAKE them happen.
— Kendall Schmidt
No matter what it is that you want to do, you should dream as big as you can and go for it. Don't let anyone tell you that it can't be done because that's the worst advice. Do whatever you want to do and hard work will make it pay off.
— Logan Henderson
We'd do anything our our fans
— Logan Henderson
Without ambition, no goal can be met.
— Kya Aliana
t was once famously said that it is as well that wars are so ruinously expensive, else we would never stop fighting them. However well said, it seems also to be endlessly forgotten that, while there may be just wars and unjust wars, there are never any cheap wars.
— Paul Hoffman, The Left Hand of God
I wish life were a fiction novel. Then everyone would have to do what I say.
— Michelle M. Pillow
Preserve your own mystery. We live in an age of social media and what seems like extreme sharing of personal details. I would beg to differ that these revelations are not honest truths but more self-branding. Whatever the case, save a little bit, or a lot, for yourself. If you run around naked all the time, when the storm hits, you’ll have no raincoat.
— Susan Kirschbaum, Who Town
They want to control humankind through what they call selective breeding. The Nazis started it, but now the nwo are continuing it. See, the only way to control population is to first get it back down to manageable size. They're culling the herd, same way the game commission does when deer population gets out of control. That's why we've got diseases like cancer and aids. You telling me that we can put a little goddamn skateboard-looking robot on Mars and have it send pictures back, but we can't find a cure for cancer? There's a cure. You can bet on that, boys. There's a goddamn cure. They just won't release it because cancer helps cut down the population.
— Brian Keene, A Gathering of Crows
I would make a HORRIBLE outlaw. I can plan the crime perfectly, but I'd also need to plan the outcomes to make it work.
— Michelle M. Pillow
Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.
— Michelle M. Pillow
Be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it.
— Nicole Scherzinger
Any society that produces twice as many lawyers as it does poets and preachers is doomed.
— John  Fogarty
It is not against reason, said the Englishman, to prefer the destruction of the world to a scratch on your finger – how much easier to understand the same price for the gash in your soul.
— Paul Hoffman, The Last Four Things
Sully's, on South Prospect, was the quintessential biker-bar, complete with hefty, leather-clad Harley worshippers, and stringy-haired heroin-addicted women who made the rounds among the bikers. Its décor was decidedly Medieval Garage Sale, with a dose of Americana thrown in. An old motorcycle carcass dangled from the vaulted section of the beamed ceiling, and the wood plank floors were littered with butts, scarred by bottle caps and splattered with homogenized bodily fluids. The only light to be had was from neon, dying sconces, and lit cigarettes. Various medieval swords perched on each wall, reminiscent of the times of Beowulf and Fire Dragons on the Barrow.
— Kelli Jae Baeli, Achilles Forjan
There was balance, harsh and violent like the noxious air in a swamp. But balance, nonetheless. Then somewhere in the fickle mists of creation came humanity, clawing and afraid, grasping and ambitious. Enveloped in a dangerous world, these creatures lived as scavengers; afraid of the greater things of the world. They were beset by disease, lack of claws or fangs, and the lack of habitat to call their own. Lefeyhdie had not provided any particular prey or plant for them to eat. These fleshy, naked beings were doomed to die of attrition. Curiously, these beings never stopped Doing, or Thinking. Breeding to strengthen their numbers. Sharpening rocks, shaping wood, gathering leaves and sticks for clothing and shelter. Eventually they had settlements of great number, crude but effective tools of war. Ancient forces began to pay attention to the growing incursion, plaguing them, slaying stragglers at night. But still the humans held on to the edge of the precipice, knuckles white with effort'.
— T.P. Grish, Steel, Magick and  Faith
Bah, he still saw the same stupidity. The image of the hanged man in the farming community of Yondern flashed through his mind. Now there was a war brewing between the Steelwielders and some foreign religion. More mindless loss over beliefs and mythology. But.. he could not deny the noble features in his companions. Although Perfidian was too blithe and Elaina too didactic, they had risked their life to do what was right. He did owe them his life. He could not deny the nobility he saw in many different people, bits and pieces of nobility that shined through under pressure. The guards who risked their lives to protect the villagers, Markham who flew at the dangerous dwarf, swords flashing; even an Eruthian merchant who stopped in his journey to share tales with complete strangers'.
— T.P. Grish, Steel, Magick and  Faith
Do what makes you happy, and don't care what others think.
— Demi Lovato
You will find the way, daughter of the forest. Through grief and pain, through many trials, through betrayal and loss, your feet will walk a straight path.
— Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest
It isn't sacrifice if you love what you're doing.
— Mia Hamm
Funny how a little sleep, a little makeup, and a lot of contemplating can make you feel like a different person - a stronger version of yourself.
— Anna Banks
Sometimes you want to remember. And sometimes you need to forget.
— Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before
Because I know what I feel in here. And I'm not the type of person to run from anything, no matter how hard it is. I'd rather face-plant against a brick wall than live for the rest of my life wondering what could've been. And you know what? I didn't think you were that type to run, either. Maybe I was wrong.
— Jennifer L. Armentrout
Morning tide makes a great companion when you don't want to be around people. It soothes and comforts and doesn't ask for anything.
— Anna Banks
You should holistically build yourself to be the best you. The evidence of your glorious life should be an inspiration to many . You create your world yourself in your own positive way. You are stronger than ever and bolder than you think. Brave the odds and initiate new imprints for all to aspire and follow your footprints.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
A life without memory is no life at all
— Luis Buñuel
Time is a watchful adversary, who waits enduringly for that merciless hour, hurrying to work the hands of separation.
— Kelly Vang, Star Watchers
We both know dad was my parental trash can, the fatherly receptacle on whom I dumped my emotions.
— Anna Banks
Fate's got a fucking sick sense of humor. Fate is a shape-shifter. It's the kindest and most generous entity imaginable, laying out more goodness than a person deserves, and then it shrinks and curls and forms into something grotesque. You think its one thing, but then its another.
— Deb Caletti, Stay
An opportunity, no matter how small it is, is still worth a golden chance. So take it or have regrets for the rest of your life.
— Francisca Olivia
We need space to be productive, we need places to go to be free.
— Laure Lacornette
I felt awful as I drove away to live with Melody in Barnet. I stayed with her for six months before I moved in with Jane. Looking back now, I was a coward for allowing the situation to go on for so long, but I wanted to keep everybody happy. Strangely, after I left I started seeing more of the kids than I had before. My friends thought that Amy didn’t seem much affected by the divorce, and when I asked her if she wanted to talk about it, she said, ‘You’re still my dad and Mum’s still my mum. What’s to talk about?
— Mitch Winehouse
To be a highflier and a name to conjure with, you must decide your dimension, plan your path, master the moment, focus on the future, determine your degree, push your persistence and leadyour life.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
If you want to know the truth,” he says, leaning forward like he’s getting ready to tell a really good story, “it has to do with Kelsey. And the biggest lie of all.”And that’s when I realize the thing about the truth. It always comes out, no matter what you do.
— Lauren Barnholdt
Take the time to plant seeds even if you're unsure if they'll grow; who knows, maybe all it takes is for someone else to come along and water it.
— Kai Mann
You don't know shits I through in my life. You don't know how many times I've fucked. You don't know me.
— Francisca Olivia
Be careful what you tell me. You could end up in my next novel.
— P.C. Zick
Being innovative is to allow yourself to expose your mind to something great that has potential to change lives and the world positively and you take action on it.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Ah, yeah. Yeah, tis awful all right. Well, your Mam wanted me to talk to you about it, but…’He stopped; he didn’t know what else to say.‘Yeah? Ah, I know the score, Dad. She wants me to be careful, is it?’‘Ah, no. Well, yeah; there’s that, of course. No, she wanted… well, if you’d any questions, youknow?’ I wasn’t sure if he wanted me to say yes, or if he just wanted me to say no, and save himhaving to be awkward. He looked lost. I felt like I wanted to save him‘No, I’ve no questions, Dad. It’s all right, shur.’ He looked at me then. His eyes went wet, likehe was going to start bawling. If we were in a film, he might have hugged me. But we were inLimerick, so he just said:‘Well, so,’ and put his one glove back on.From The Boys of Summer
— Ciarán West
The seasons are colliding together, storms are destroying lives, and love is a dangerous curse.-The Vangeretta Curse
— Christina Mobley
This time he was underwater, running, feet sinking deeper and deeper into the seabed. The surface was within reach if he raised his arms, but he couldn’t get his head out of the water. He had to breathe. The compulsion to inhale was huge. But he couldn’t, musn’t. Still he ran, getting nowhere, each frantic step burying his feet in the wet sand until he was no longer able to lift them. Finally, with one great gulp, he opened his mouth, his lungs to the flood of seawater.
— Martyn Bedford
She was crushed by society like a mosquito fending for its unborn young
— Owen  Jones
Mee and Ow sat in the shade of a mango tree and were doing their make-up. Both of them wore gloves that reached all the way up to their elbows, to keep the tropical sun off their skins. They looked briefly at Maier, with the curiosity usually reserved for a passing dog. It was too early for professional enthusiasm.
— Tom Vater
He dusted off the shoulder tab and stared at it, so light in his hand, so inconsequential. It was hard to believe that a shred of cloth could have so much destructive power locked away in it.
— Mark Mills, The Information Officer
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
— E.E. Cummings
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.- Atticus Finch
— Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.
— Erica Jong
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.
— August Wilson
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
— Jalaluddin Rumi, The Essential Rumi
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
— Mark Twain
There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.But sometimes it doesn't.Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now.
— Veronica Roth, Allegiant
Courage is found in unlikely places.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
— Margaret Mitchell
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.
— Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
— Ann Landers
At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.
— Lemony Snicket
Life is mostly froth and bubble,Two things stand like stone.Kindness in another's trouble,Courage in your own.
— Adam Lindsay Gordon
Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?
— J.M. Coetzee
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
— Marilyn Monroe
Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs
—  it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.
— Michael J. Fox
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
— Mark Twain
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable
—  to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.
— Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.
— Laurell K. Hamilton, Blood Noir
What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.
— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.
— Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
— Desmond Tutu
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
— Vincent van Gogh
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
— John Wayne
Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
— Maya Angelou
One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.
— Shannon L. Alder
Courage is not having the strength to go on
—  it is going on when you don't have the strength.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. 
— C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.
— John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.
— Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
Anybody can learn to think, or believe, or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel... the moment you feel, you're nobody ― but-yourself ― in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else ― means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.
— E.E. Cummings, E. E. Cummings: A Miscellany Revised
Bravery hides in amazing places.
— Kiera Cass, The One
True rebels hate their own rebellion. They know by experience that it is not a cool and glamorous lifestyle
—  it takes a courageous fool to say things that have not been said and to do things that have not been done.
You have plenty of courage, I am sure," answered Oz. "All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
— L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn't sure which.
— Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
— Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.
— Madeleine L'Engle
It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.
— A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin
— Nobuhiro Watsuki
There is nothing in this life that can destroy you but yourself. Bad things happen to everyone, but when they do, you can't just fall apart and die. You have to fight back. If you don't, you're the one who loses in the end. But if you do keep going and fight back, you win.
— Alexandra Monir, Timeless
Some people have more guts than brains.
— John Grisham, The Rainmaker
I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.
— Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
We need a backbone, not a wishbone.
— Joyce Meyer
It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they mean to you.
— Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign
If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.
— Criss Jami, Killosophy