#nspirational

Every breath you take is a step forward toward death. (Hazrat Ali-As) ↗

— Hazrat Ali ibn Abu-Talib

#wisdom-quote #death

Do a little more than you're paid to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family & friends. ↗

— Art Linkletter

#art

You think it’s because they’re lying? Nonsense! I like it when people lie! Lying is man’s only privilege over all other organisms. If you lie--you get to the truth! Lying is what makes me a man. Not one truth has ever been reached without first lying fourteen times or so, maybe a hundred and fourteen, and that’s honorable in its way; well, but we can’t even lie with our own minds! Lie to me, but in your own way, and I’ll kiss you for it. Lying in one’s own way is almost better than telling the truth in someone else’s way; in the first case you’re a man, and in the second—no better than a bird! The truth won’t go away, but life can be nailed shut; there are examples. Well, so where are we all now? With regard to science, development, thought, invention, ideals, aspirations, liberalism, reason, experience, and everything, everything, everything, we’re all, without exception, still sitting in the first grade! We like getting by on other people’s reason--we’ve acquired a taste for it! Right? Am I right? ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#lying #man #experience

Can a dream be wrong? Aren't dreams God's way of telling you things? ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#dreams

Rewards await you if you stay steadfast in your faith. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#spiritual-development #dreams

Last night I dreamed I was still human, but now I have woken up, into something better. Farewell, my friends, farewell. ↗

— Simon R. Green

#dreams

I live, breathe, and dream success. I am truly my greatest investment! ↗

— Tamika Newhouse

#dreams

You can try to please everyone and risk accomplishing nothing, or go for your dreams and risk pissing a few people off. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#attitude

The circumstances of our lives are pieces of a larger scheme in the puzzle of life, and in His Perfect Wisdom, the pieces fit. ↗

— Renae Jones

#cancer #circumstances #death #dying #faith

Do you enjoy holidays with your family? I don't mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? Personally, I do. There are several reasons for this. First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#inspirational #family