#iona

Genius is ninety-nine percent perspiration,one percent inspiration ↗

— Thomas Edison

#inspirational

It's not what you go through that makes you strong: it is how you handle the situation that gives you strength. ↗

— Tanya R. Liverman

#poetry #inspirational

Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#reality #inspirational

the only way to experience love is to give it. ↗

— john mark templeton

#experience

Library-denigrators, pay heed: suggesting that the Internet is a viable substitute for libraries is like saying porn could replace your wife. ↗

— Joanne Harris

#inspirational #libraries #library #humor

We always hurt the ones we love, darling. You’ll have to tell her you’re sorry. And mean it and give her time. - Grace Trevelyan-Grey to Christian Grey ↗

— E.L. James

#inspirational #love #inspirational

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#inspirational #purpose #inspirational

Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the cold? The tree says to the leaf: "That’s the cycle of life. You may think you’re going to die, but you live on in me. It’s thanks to you that I’m alive, because I can breathe. It’s also thanks to you that I have felt loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is in my sap; we are one thing. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#love #struggle #inspirational

Why did I always end up loving the person who hurt me the most? Why was love so cruel? ↗

— J.C. Reed

#inspiration #love #romance #sadness #seperation

All we have to do is understand that we're all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational #life #love #meanings #paulo-coelho