#inspiration

Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#love #philosophy #beauty

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#imagination #inspiration #model #quench #slave

Thirty spokes Share one hub. Make the nothing therein appropriate, and you will have the use of the cart. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#inspirational #beauty

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. Hope is one of those things that you can't buy, but that will be freely given to you if you ask. Hope is the one thing people cannot live without. Hope is a thing of beauty. ↗

— Matthew Kelly

#religious #beauty

Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#inspiration #meaning #faith

Today is not just another ordinary day. It is an opportunity to do, or say, something that just might inspire someone to greater becoming...especially a wayward youth. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#quotes #students #youth #death

Sometimes you can learn, even from a bad experience. By coping you become stronger. The pain does not go away, but it becomes manageable. ↗

— Somaly Mam

#inspirational #learning #pain #experience

Death is funny, when you think about it. Everybody does it, but nobody knows how, exactly how. ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#morton-s-fork #twisted #death

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#always #marvelous #produces #simple

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. ↗