#ife

The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#life-lessons #philosophy-of-life #inspirational

Despite the forecast, live like it's spring. ↗

— Lilly Pulitzer

#life-and-living #spring #inspirational

Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of living happily ever after; but defeat is a poor ending to any tale, so she kept trying. ↗

— Sonya Hartnett

#hardship #inspirational #life #inspirational

The truly adult view [...] is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#life #meaning #meaning-without-god #inspirational

oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and you’ve been given it, I’d as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift. ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#inspirational #life #inspirational

Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated. ↗

— Karen Maezen Miller

#inspirational #life #inspirational

It is not good to have TOO MUCH of anything. ↗

— Andrew Clements

#inspirational

I teach the world how to treat me by the way I treat myself, and the way I present myself. ↗

— Kristine Gasbarre

#life-lessons #women #inspirational

Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you go, and fix it along the way… ↗

— Paul Arden

#perfectionism #public-speaking #true-to-life #inspirational

Don't go where the path may lead you, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail ↗

— Norwegian Tourist Guide

#inspirational