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Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#cell #chained #every #his #however

Anybody who writes a book is an optimist. First of all, they think they're going to finish it. Second, they think somebody's going to publish it. Third, they think somebody's going to read it. Fourth, they think somebody's going to like it. How optimistic is that? ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#inspirational #instructional #literary #education

Only the weak use "I can't" as an excuse to give up. ↗

— T.A

#inspiration #inspirational #life #never-give-up #inspirational

Because when you’re laughing, there is no other emotion in that moment except for joy. ↗

— Robert Schimmel

#inspirational #joy #laugh #laughter #love

Love is sacrifice. Love sacrifices itself for its neighbor. ↗

— Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

#eastern-orthodoxy #inspirational #love #neighbor #sacrifice

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#inspirational

It's sad if people think that's (homemaking) a dull existance, [but] you can't just buy an apartment and furnish it and walk away. It's the flowers you choose, the music you play, the smile you have waiting. I want it to be gay and cheerful, a haven in this troubled world. I don't want my husband and children to come home and find a rattled woman. Our era is already rattled enough, isn't it? ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#inspirational #motherhood #inspirational

Let's make progress, not excuses. ↗

— Justin Cotillard

#commitment #cotillard #difference #excuse #excuses

Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#helping-others #inspirational #inspirational

I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#god #gratitude #inspirational #life #motivational