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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

― Margaret Mead

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.

Delicious Ambiguity.”


[Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael


People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”

― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto


“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”

― Walt Disney Company, Mulan



The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.”

― Audrey Hepburn



Life is for the living.

Death is for the dead.

Let life be like music.

And death a note unsaid.”

― Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems


“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”

― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass



A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”

― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover


The more I see, the less I know for sure.”

― John Lennon



“Some people have lives; some people have music.”

― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson


“Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.”

― Stephanie Klein, Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir


How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.”

― Shel Silverstein


Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”

― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess



“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”

― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent


It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”

― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People



“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”

― Maya Angelou


“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”

― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan



Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

― Søren Kierkegaard



“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”

― William Goldman, William Goldman: Four Screenplays



“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”

― William Goldman, William Goldman: Four Screenplays


“If you're reading this...

Congratulations, you're alive.

If that's not something to smile about,

then I don't know what is.”

― Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head

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