#v

I kept it to remind me that although there is evil, there is sometimes beauty and light. You, Jillian. You were always my light. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#love #beauty

The mosquitoes here are big enough to rape a Chicken! ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

Silence is the perfectest herault of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#love

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#catch #fox #i #just #make

Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#confidence #democracy #down #even #great

I'd never been a teacher before, and here I was starting my first day with these eager students. There was a shortage of teachers, and they had been without a math teacher for six months. They were so excited to learn math. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#before #day #eager #excited #first

If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it, they're first to join. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#cool #each #everybody #first #get

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#because #came #class #curious #enjoying

To change the world takes time; to change yourself takes courage. ↗

— R.S. Lowel

#positive-thinking #self-improvement #change

I kept trying to talk myself out of my second thoughts when they were trying to help me. My advice? When it comes to relationships, second thoughts should be promoted. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#inspirational #life #love #attitude