#w

A handful of letters doesn't always make a word, love. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#tattoo #warner #love

Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next wave of anti-Semitism. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#become #even #history #iron #jewish

Born for the blue skies, We'll survive the rain. Born for the sunrise, We'll survive the pain. ↗

— Switchfoot

#dark-horses #inspirational #rock #switchfoot #inspirational

But then why do we write if not to tackle the fears that others look to us to conquer? ↗

— Joanna Penn (J.F. Penn)

#writing #inspirational

The trap is that you then just start doing stuff about Hollywood, which I don't really want to do. ↗

— Josh Schwartz

#doing #hollywood #i #just #really

I always try to treat the book itself as the artwork. I don't want you to stop while you're reading one of my books and say, 'Oh! What a gorgeous illustration!' I want you to stop at the end of the book and say, 'This is a good book. ↗

— Chris Raschka

#children-s-book #children-s-literature #illustration #inspiration #kid-s-book

Maybe we should all just shut up and read a good book. ↗

— Mary Sisney

#inspirational #reading #writing #humor

When he was preparing for a big fight, his trainer would take him mountain climbing to build up his hand strength and endurance. Max’s favorite piece of advice? Don’t look down until you reach the summit. Galen had asked why, thinking Max would give him some inspirational shit about the satisfaction of seeing how far he’d come at the end or something. Instead, Max had snorted, “Because it’s fucking scary. ↗

— Christine Bell

#inspirational

إن الطريقَ شاقة، إن الطريقَ ليست مفروشةً بالزهور والورود، إن الطريق مليئةً بالأشواك.. لا.. بل إنها مفروشة بالأشلاء والجماجم، مزينةً بالدماء، غير مزينةٍ بالورودِ والرياحين.. إن سالكه لن يفوته المنصب وحده، ولن يفوته الجاه وحده، ولن تفوته السيادة وحدها في هذه الأرض، ولكن سيتحمل قولاً ثقيلاً، وسيتحمل جهدًا ثقيلاً، وسيجتاز طريقًا ثقيلاً.. ↗

— سيد قطب

#inspirational #inspirational

I guess it goes to show that you just never know where life will take you. You search for answers. You wonder what it all means. You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to Paris for a while. ↗

— Amy Thomas

#new-york #paris #life