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Distances and days existed in themselves then; they all had a story. They were not barriers. If a person wanted to get to the moon, there is a way; it all depended on whether you knew the directions... on whether you knew the story of how others before you had gone. He had believed in the stories for a long time, until the teachers at Indian school taught him not to believe in that kind of "nonsense". But they had been wrong. ↗

— Leslie Marmon Silko

#imagination #inspirational #no-boundaries #stories #imagination

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#bottom #dips #eat #hand #into

Our Euripides the human, With his droppings of warm tears, and his touchings of things common Till they rose to meet the spheres. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#humour #inspirational #inspirational

Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort. ↗

— Olen Steinhauer

#balance #effort #life #olen-steinhauer #the-tourist

When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm--her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#mentoring #occupations #role-models #success #inspirational

A book is simply a snap shot of the full story. ↗

— Erica Goros

#life-stories #stories #life

All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or lovingkindness. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditaiton #inspirational

The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale... ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#christmas #holiday #holidays #nutcracker #nuts

When there are boys you have to worry about how you look, and whether they like you, and why they like another girl better, and whether they're going to ask you to something or other. It's a strain. ↗

— Maud Hart Lovelace

#true-to-life #humor

Sometiems its those things you can't touch that you need to hold onto most. ↗

— Carrie Ryan

#harry #inspirational #inspirational