#life

How life is strange and changeful, and the crystal is in the steel at the point of fracture, and the toad bears a jewel in its forehead, and the meaning of moments passes like the breeze that scarcely ruffles the leaf of the willow. ↗

— Robert Penn Warren

#change

The changes that are external and limited to surface are temporary and fade away quickly. We should make the inner changes so that the reflection of them outside would be what we expect. ↗

— Ilia M. R.

#life #change

There were two choices in life. Survive or succumb. And most people weren’t even conscious of the path they chose. Because they chose for all the wrong reasons. Love, principles, dreams, desire. The world hadn’t changed. It had always been survival of the fittest. ↗

— Claire Merle

#survival #change

Strange, isn't it?" he asks. "Where life takes you and how much can change. ↗

— Emma Cameron

#life #strange #change

T.J. seemed older than seventeen. Reserved almost. Maybe facing serious health problems eliminated some of the immature behavior that presented itself when you had nothing more to worry about than getting your driver's license, cutting class, or breaking curfew. ↗

— Tracey Garvis-Graves

#life-changing-events #change

If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. ↗

— Fred DeVito

#life #life-and-living #lifestyle #change

Children always wanted their parents in situ, in stasis. The faster they changed, the more their parents should remain the same. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#change

It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. ↗

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

#human #inspirational #life #living #wisdom

It’s a world worth fighting for. Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#inspiration #life #poetic-fiction #inspirational

In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world? ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#life #work #inspirational