#insp

There had been a time when I owned my life and now I felt like I was coming around to myself again. It's like I've finally discovered bones in myself I never knew I had. I discovered that it takes bravery to be one's self. I now know that the only thing I needed to be afraid of was of not finding my true self and having the courage to be me. ↗

— Benilde Little

#awareness #confidence #inspirational #knowledge-of-self #courage

I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#courage #friendship #inspirational #courage

It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are without any self-deception or illusion that a light will develop out of events by which the path to success may be recognized. ↗

— I Ching

#courage

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues. ↗

— Samuel Jackson

#courage

Don't let the noise of other people drown out your inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#courage

That's the scary thing about hope," she said. "If you let it go too long it turns into faith. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#inspirational #faith

We interrogate the world by making. ↗

— Bill Burnett

#design-thinking #innovation #inspirational #stanford #design

You’re trying to carry everything in your life by yourself. And you are falling under the weight of it but that was never God’s intention. He doesn’t want you to carry it yourself. You can’t do it, only God can do that. And that’s what he says, He says: "I never meant for you to go through this by yourself. I wanna go through it with you. I wanna carry it for you. ↗

— Lacey Mosley

#christianity #flyleaf #god #inspirational #intention

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful"- 1834 ↗

— William Morris

#designer #inspiration #beauty

There you are. A simple commandment. Not ten of them, just one: 'Thou shalt not eat.' (Personally, I wish the very first edict from God hadn't involved dieting, don't you?) ↗

— Liz Curtis Higgs

#food #funny #inspirational #diet