#iona

I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed, rather than what I wanted : and this gave me sometimes such secret comforts, that I cannot express them ; and which I take notice of here, to put those discontented people in mind of it, who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them, because they see and covet something that he has not given them. All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#inspirational

If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ. ↗

— Mark Batterson

#inspirational

(W)hat I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I'm feeling inspired. It's mainly a matter of forcing yourself to write. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#writing #inspirational

Son,you never quit ↗

— Lance Armstrong

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Ray, what you got to do is go climb a mountain... ↗

— Jack Kerouac

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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again. ↗

— Stephen Grellet

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The light in her eyes was beyond description, yet it did not instill improper thoughts: it inspired a love tempered by awe, purifying the hearts it inflamed. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#love-at-first-sight #inspirational

من خوف المـــــــــوت أموت فأختبؤا فى كتفى المرتعشين كونوا جسدى ...كونوا فى حنجرتى صوت وانسكبوا فى قلبى صمتا وانفجروا فى عينى الخائبتين ↗

— محمد عفيفي مطر

#inspirational

Every choice has a consequence, every consequence another choice. Little agonies waiting to be embraced. Only the moment before the choice really weighs anything. Very heavy moments, exploding into nothing. ↗

— MCM

#sad-but-true #inspirational

If you want to become something, achieve something in life, then always listen to your heart. ↗

— Shahrukh Rafi Khan

#listen-to-your-heart #inspirational