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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill
If you can't smile Once a day, You're probably dead. - Charles Bostock
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”
― Kurt Vonnegut
It's not okay to lie about people and particularly not okay to hurl the worst imaginable names at people just because you think you might not like their politics. - Milo Yiannopoulos
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. - Honore de Balzac
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
Clarence Darrow
God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another. – William Shakespeare (Hamlet)
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.- Chuck Palahniuk
“A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.”
― Linda Sue Park
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. -
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“I blinked my eyes
and in an instant,
decades had passed.”
― John Mark Green
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. - Clare Boothe Luce
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown
“It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”
― Germany Kent
"I'd rather not have anything than be a liar."
Alicia Keys
The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. - Niccolo Machiavelli
“If I were to live a thousand years, I would belong to you for all of them. If I were to live a thousand lives, I would want to make you mine in each one.” – Michelle Hodkin
“Be both soft and wild. Just like the Moon. Or the storm. Or the sea.” —Victoria Erickson
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. - Bertrand Russell
"To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything."
Bill Russell
The human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily. - José Saramago
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
― Sophocles
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance. - Aeschylus
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” —J.R.R. Tolkien
"you never make the same mistake twice. the second time you make it, it is no longer a mistake. it is a choice"
Lauren Conrad
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. - Nicolas Chamfort
"Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want."
Jim Rohn
I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you. It's a conscious thing; it's a common-sense thing.
Taylor Swift
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. - Bertrand Russell
Some men are just very good at cheating and lying.
Coleen Nolan
"Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive."
Brian Clough
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
― George Orwell
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. - Bertrand Russell
"Relationships are like farting, If you push too hard things could get messy real fast."
Kevin Hart
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for, I don't know.
W. H. Auden
“I don’t degrade anyone, but a liar and a person, who doesn’t keep his or her words, has not any value in my eyes.” – Ehsan Sehgal
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
Billy Joel
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much. - Walter Lippmann
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”― C.S. Lewis
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." - Mahatma Gandhi
“If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.” – Mercedes Lackey
"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you. - Eckhart Tolle
"After you get what you want you don't want it." — Irving Berlin
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" — John Lennon
"Some people will only "love you" as much as they can use you. Their loyalty ends where the benefits stop."
Mustafa Alam
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”― Albert Camus
“Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what’s important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them.” – Joel Siegel
In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining. We demand this fraud be stopped.
- Martin Luther King, Jr
Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.
Haruki Murakami
You can't control the fact that you are born a white man or born into wealth. When people say, 'Check your privilege,' they're saying, 'Acknowledge how these factors helped you move through life.' They're not saying apologize for it. - Roxane Gay
When respect is missing, love can’t survive.
– Constance Frida