#or

The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure; grief did not obliterate joy. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#inspirational #joy #memories #memory #pain

A woman with a sense of humor is never vain. (...) A woman who has a sense of humor possesses no refuge from the merciless truth about herself. She cannot think herself misunderstood. She cannot revel in self-pity. She cannot comfortably damn any one who differs from her. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#inspirational

...never give in, never give in... ↗

— Winston Churchill

#inspirational #military-history #inspirational

Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#inspiration #inspirational #support #inspirational

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind. ↗

— Mahatma Ghandi

#humankind #inspiration #morals #protection #inspirational

I try to make the best of the opportunities that have been given to me. ↗

— Seann William Scott

#best #given #i #make #me

The only expectations you must live up to are your own...You are not the sum of other's judgments or thoughts. Nor will you ever be. You are the sum of what you believe yourself to be. Let others limit themselves with judgment and negativity if they choose. But you must take another path if you want to make a difference. ↗

— Shelley K. Wall

#supportiveness #inspirational

It is a friend's duty that he does not leave his friend in a difficult position but provide intimacy and support to him. In difficulty who leaves is a false and the one not quitting is a true friend. ↗

— Aacharya Shri Mahashraman

#friends #friendship #initmacy #jainism #life

It is through love that the door to Heaven is opened on earth. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#earth #heaven #heaven-on-earth #honor #inspiration

There’s nothing worse than being violently jerked away from creativity. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#creativity #inspiration #jerked #muse #sex