#inspirational

What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that’s why he's number two. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#best #bizarre #competing #competition #competitor

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#humor #inspirational #funny

Today is a gift to change what wasn't changed yesterday so that you can avoid tomorrow's regrets. ↗

— Tilia Davis

#change

Look. Isn't he beautiful?" Drew's expression softened. "Ah, Nellie. He's bald, pink, and has no teeth. What's so beautiful about that?" Nellie's laugh tinkled out like musical chimes while she covered the babe back up. ↗

— Deeanne Gist

#bride #brides #christian #christian-romance #connie

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear, and get a record of successful experiences behind you. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#experience

You say freak, I say unique. ↗

— Christian Baloga

#attraction #beautiful #ethereal #freak #imperfections

Our weaknesses may never go away but when we give them to God, His grace will turn them into something beautiful... ↗

— Heather Bixler

#grace #grace-of-god #inspirational-religious #pride #beauty

Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. ↗

— John Green

#imagination

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#life #inspirational

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#being-loved #inspirational #life #love #relationships