#ice

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#clear idea #i #idea #still #voice

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. ↗

— John Adams

#contrived #country #ever #his #imagination

When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they? ↗

— Aeschylus

#mightier #pair #strength #than #where

Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#allowed #been #better #bit #brother

For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#basement #books #floor #graduated #i

When you find yourself in need of spiritual nourishment, it is in the opportunities to serve others that you will find the abundance you seek. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #inspirational #kindness #life #motivational

Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you." Eli to Punchinello (p. 25) ↗

— Max Lucado

#inspirational #inspirational

Life’s a marathon, not a sprint. ↗

— Phillip C. McGraw

#advice-for-daily-living #inspirational #life-lessons #motivational #inspirational

No one dressed by me ever looks like an idiot. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#humor #inspirational #humor

Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself. ↗

— Adrian Tan

#inspirational #life #inspirational