#gr

Life-changing gratitude does not fasten to a life unless nailed through with one very specific nail at a time. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#change

I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #ideal-woman

Synthesis is the gateway to Transcendence, because once you accept that you are forever changed and that life is forever different, you have to ask, "What are you going to do about that fact? Will the change be for the better or for worse?" It's the loss itself that becomes the catalyst for meaning. (pg 273) ↗

— Ashley Davis Bush

#inspirational #change

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. ↗

— George Orwell

#follows #four #freedom #granted #make

I was ecstatic when they re-named "French fries" as "freedom fries." Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#french-fries #government #labels #freedom

When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#inspirational #wisdom #inspirational

Someone once told me that we move when it becomes less painful than staying where we are". ↗

— Anne Hines

#humour #inspirational #novel #wit #inspirational

He wants a fifteen thousand pound settlement." "Fifteen thousand!" "He says you're a great deal of trouble." She hesitated for one startled moment before choking back a laugh. "I am." "I thought so." He leveled Drew a look. "If I pay you the fifteen thousand, do you swear to keep her?" Drew reared back his head. "Forever?" Her father scowled. "Forever." "Oh, I suppose." He gave a long-suffering sigh. "If I must." She bit the insides of her cheeks to keep from laughing outright. ↗

— Deeanne Gist

#bride #brides #christian #christian-romance #connie

God descends to earth like fresh spring rain, and at every level his grace is received differently. For some it feels like love, for others like salvation. It feels like safety and warmth at one level, like coming home at another. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#spiritual-growth #inspirational

Never make someone a priority when they only see you as an option. ↗

— Mary Mihalic

#inspirational #motivational #self-help #inspirational