#rational

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

There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough. ↗

— Richard Rohr

#inspirational

Don’ you worry, Harry. You’ll learn fast enough. Everyone starts at the beginning at Hogwarts, you’ll be just fine. Just be yerself. I know it’s hard. Yeh’ve been singled out, an’ that’s always hard. But yeh’ll have a great time at Hogwarts — I did — still do, ’smatter of fact. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#inspirational #inspirational

He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, in order to gain what he cannot lose. ↗

— Jim Elliott

#inspirational

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough. ↗

— Billy Holiday

#inspirational