#elf

She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#inspirational #men-and-women #understanding #understanding-oneself-and-others #inspirational

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#relationship #self-love #inspirational

you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own ↗

— Kerry E. Wagner

#inspirational #ownership #resourcefulness #responsibility #self-help

Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ↗

— Susan Ee

#inspirational #susan-ee #inspirational

We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more. ↗

— Pico Iyer

#love #self-awareness #travel #inspirational

I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#found #gave #hanging #i #job

Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I'm not talking about being AS GOOD as you. I hereby declare myself BETTER than you. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#prejudice #race #self-esteem #inspirational

I tell young people: Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything. ↗

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

#future #inspirational-quotes #self-lessness #inspirational

I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you..." "You cannot roll with me," said the Big O, "but perhaps you can roll by yourself. ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#relationships #self-confidence #inspirational

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can. ↗

— Christa McAuliffe

#far #push #reach #you #yourself