We can't be brave without fear.
— The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
Quotes About Inspiration
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.
Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.
When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
One love, one heart, one destiny.
If there never was a night or day and memories could fade away, then we'd be nothing left but the dreams we made
Come on then, I will swear to study so / To know the thing I am forbid to know- Berowne
— Love's Labour's Lost
The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.
— The Casual Vacancy
It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.
— The Fellowship of the Ring
In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.
— The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
— Meditations
Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.
— The Little Prince
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.
I hope you know that you've given me the courage to change. I hope you know that who you are is who you choose to be, and that whispers behind your back don't define you. You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.
Master, go on, and I will follow thee / To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.
— As You Like It
I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you.
— Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
In this Music [the singing of the angels in harmony] the World was begun; for Iluvatar made visible the song of the Ainur, and they beheld it as a light in the darkness.
— The Silmarillion
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
— I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
— Meditations