#wisdom

We are as we are. How can you claim to know what life I was meant to lead, let alone threaten to force me into it? All your quibbling is nonsense. As well forbid your nose to snuff, or your ears to hear. We are as we do. ↗

— Robin Hobb

#inspirational #life #nighteyes #robin-hobb #royal-assassin

Don't worry much about the after-life, Just like you don't worry about your before-Life. Worry (and be grateful) about THIS life. This one DOES count ↗

— Pablo

#grateful #inspiration #life #wisdom #worry

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you just can't help it. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#real-life #truth #wisdom #inspirational

Don't spread negativity, that stuff is contagious and ruins us. The good news is, positivity can also be contagious and it lifts us. ↗

— Joshua Neik

#negativity #negativity-is-toxic #positivity #wisdom #inspirational

Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#inspiration #life #wisdom #inspirational

Intelligence without wisdom brings destruction. ↗

— Erol Ozan

#intelligence #wisdom-inspirational #inspirational

The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#wisdom #life

The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. ... [But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life #metaphor #wisdom #life

If you're gonna burn a bridge behind you, make sure you've crossed it first. ↗

— Quentin R. Bufogle

#philosophy #wisdom #life

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does. ↗

— Thomas à Kempis

#humility #peace #wisdom #life