#wi

Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#excellence #inspirational #life #philosophy #truth

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#behind #face #fall #keep #shadows

And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#god #human #inspirational #mere-christianity #religious

If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#humor #inspirational #people #song #song-writing

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#causation #cause-and-effect #chance #darwinism #inspirational

It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power! ↗

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

#life #self-determination #self-image #wisdom #inspirational

You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#inspirational #life #success #truth #winning

Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living. ↗

— Mark Twain

#inspiration #life #wisdom #inspirational

Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got. ↗

— Benjamin Hoff

#taoism #winnie-the-pooh #inspirational

Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone. ↗

— Anne Frank

#inspirational #wise #inspirational