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Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a splinter. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#inspirational #love #simile #tree #trust

I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven ↗

— Tupac Shakur

#inspirational #inspirational

True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#love #inspirational

Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#spiritual #inspirational

The whole summer lay ahead of us-time to rest, time to wait. And when the future comes-no matter what comes with it-I'll be smarter. I'll be stronger. I'll be ready. ↗

— Ally Carter

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Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right. Which one are you? ↗

— Henry Ford

#determination #inspirational #inspirational

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

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We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #inspirational #inspirational