#iona

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#beneath #bottom #crust #earth #election

There is nothing left but the attempt and not trying is the same as failing. ↗

— Mark Miller

#confidence #inspirational #inspirational

Do I inspire you?" "Every single day. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#will-cooper #inspirational

Once in everyone's life there is apt to be a period when he is fully awake, instead of half-asleep. ↗

— E.B. White

#life #profound #inspirational

O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! ↗

— William Shakespeare

#inspirational

We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet. ↗

— Lauren Myracle

#inspirational #lauren-myracle #let-it-snow #mistakes #change

You're not completely alone, you have me! Even if the entire world turns its back on you, you'll still be the strongest as long as you have me! ↗

— Kyo Shirodaira

#strength #inspirational

But that initial, comet-blazing-across-the-sky, Big Idea is only the beginning. Each book is composed of a mosaic of thousands of little ideas, ideas that invariably come to me at two in the morning when my alarm is set for seven. ↗

— Lauren Willig

#inspiration #writing #inspirational

It doesn’t take much to surprise others, but to surprise oneself- now that is a great feat. ↗

— Kristen Hartley

#surprise #inspirational

You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be. ↗

— Robert Collier

#inspirational