#rational

If I reveal myself without worrying about how others will respond, then some will care, though others may not. But who can love me, if no one knows me? I must risk it, or live alone. ↗

— Sheldon B. Kopp

#hate #inspirational #knowledge #life #love

That was what I wanted, but I don't need it to be gone. I can love you and I can love life and bear the pain all at the same time. I think the pain might even make the rest better, the way a good setting can make a diamond look better. ↗

— Stephen King

#love #pain #inspirational

Most days I juggle everything quite well, on the other days there's always red wine. ↗

— Rachael Bermingham

#life-and-living #motivational-quotes #wine #inspirational

Don't worry, life is good despite everything! ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#inspirational

The only permission, the only validation, and the only opinion that matters in our quest for greatness is our own. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #motivational #opinion #permission #success

When I was young, I used to wish I would fit in… I’m glad I didn’t get my wish. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#growing-up #inspirational #life #young #experience

Stop wasting your time looking for the key to happiness… the door is open and unlocked… just walk through it. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #wasting-time #experience

There is a distinct feeling of contentment that engulfs your entire being after a day well lived, a battle well fought, and a purpose tirelessly pursued. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #purpose #success #experience

On the top of Cadair Idris, I felt how happy a man might be with a little money and a sane intellect, and reflected with astonishment and pity on the madness of the multitude. ↗

— Thomas Love Peacock

#inspirational #life-experience #philosophy #experience

It is one of those invaluable seeds, from which, since it is impossible to have every experience fully, one can grow something that represents other people's experiences. Often one has to make do with seeds; the germs of what might have been, had one's life been different. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#experience