#ra

»Eines Tages«, sagte sie, »fange ich Träume ein wie Schmetterlinge.« »Und dann?«, fragte er. »Lege ich sie zwischen die Seiten dicker Bücher und presse sie zu Worten.« »Was, wenn jemand immer nur von dir träumt?« »Dann sind wir beide vielleicht schon Worte in einem Buch. Zwei Namen zwischen all den anderen.« ↗

— Kai Meyer

#inspirational

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by. ↗

— Robert Frost

#inspirational

Everyone knew that if you divided reality by expectation, you got a happiness quotient. But when you invert the equation - expectation divided by reality - you didn't get the opposite of happiness. What you got, Lewis realized, was hope. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#happiness #inspirational #quotient #reality #inspirational

No matter where we live on the planet or how difficult our situation seems to be, we have the ability to overcome and transcend our circumstances. ↗

— Louise L. Hay

#inspirational

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#inspirational

Posterity -- you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. --John Quincy Adams ↗

— John Quincy Adams

#freedom

My troubles are over, and I am finally home. ↗

— Anna Sewell

#inspirational

Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of. ↗

— Paul Arden

#inspirational

...when I left her to-day, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she said. 'The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#inspirational

Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I'm not talking about being AS GOOD as you. I hereby declare myself BETTER than you. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#prejudice #race #self-esteem #inspirational