All Quotes By Tag: Inspiration

“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking”

“Politeness is okay, but it gets old and boring. You want to attack life with a passion, not a politeness, you want people to think about you and remember you and say “she is so passionate” you don’t want people to think about you and remember you and say “she is so polite,” because, who cares about polite?”

“To see and feel one’s beloved naked for the first time is one of life’s pure, irreducible epiphanies. If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include that truth of contact or be forever hollow. To make love to the one true person who deserves that love is one of the few absolute rewards of being a human being, balancing all of the pain, loss, awkwardness, loneliness, idiocy, compromise, and clumsiness that go with the human condition. To make love to the right person makes up for a lot of mistakes.”

“Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.”

“When you look for a man- what you want to look for is a man with the heart of a poor boy and the mind of a conqueror.”

“I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.”

“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”

“Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.”

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

“We don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone… We don’t really appreciate something until we have experienced some events; we don’t really appreciate our parents until we ourselves have become parents. Be grateful for what you have now, and nothing should be taken for granted.”

“Love changes things; hope allows us to endure until the change arrives.”

“Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow. The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter.”

“There’s two kinds of women–those you write poems about and those you don’t.”

“One of the best ways to influence people is to make those around you feel important.”