#inspirational

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#death

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#champion #every #hated #i #life

Someone has said that enemies are just people whose stories we don’t know. I see a lot of truth in that. The more other people’s stories are hidden from us, the easier it is for us to view them as enemies. But, when we begin to learn their stories, we recognize all we share in common with them and we delight in how the unique beauty of their traditions enriches our own lives. ↗

— Joe Hayes

#beauty

The most beautiful highway in the world ↗

— Dave Pelzer

#beauty

Looking at my patients and their families, I have a remarkable view not just of lives well lived, but of deep commitment and love. I wouldn't trade that for the world. Sure, sometimes I'm caring for people at their worst, but I'm also blessed to be with them at their best. ↗

— David Dosa

#family

Growing up is a process that never ends. It isn't a point you attain so you can say, Hooray, I'm grown up. Some people never grow up. And nobody ever finishes growing. Or shouldn't. If you stop you might as well quit. What I have to tell you is that it never gets any easier. It goes right on being rough forever. But nothing that's easy is worth anything. You ought to have learned that by now. What happens as you keep on growing is that all of a sudden you realize that it's more exciting and beautiful than scary and awful. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#inspirational #life #beauty

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

Do not sabotage your new relationship with your last relationship’s poison. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #motivational #poison #relationship #sabotage