Tag: inspirational

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight....

Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking....

Don’t look to the approval of others for your mental stability...

Sometimes change was good. Sometimes it was even exactly what you needed....

Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it....

Teach her that the idea of ‘gender roles’ is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do something because she is a girl. ‘Because you are a girl’ is never reason for anything. Ever....

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door....

You’re water. We’re the millstone.You’re wind. We’re dust blown up into shapes.You’re spirit. We’re the opening and closing of our hands. You’re the clarity.We’re the language that tries to say it.You’re joy. We’re all the different kinds of laughing....

Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, money, circumstances, than failures and success, than what other people think, say, or do. It is more important than appearance, ability, or skill. It will make...

Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself....