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“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“Dare to Be

When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.

When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.

When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.

When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.

When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.

When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.

When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.

When times are tough, dare to be tougher.

When love hurts you, dare to love again.

When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.

When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.

When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.

When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.

When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.

When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.

Dare to be the best you can –

At all times, Dare to be!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“We love the things we love for what they are.”
― Robert Frost

“I am no longer in love with her, that's certain, but maybe I love her. Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
― Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.”
― Milan Kundera

“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
― Pablo Neruda, Love: Ten Poems

“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, He will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather He will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?”
― Mother Teresa

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

“Let our scars fall in love.”
― Galway Kinnell

“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“your hand
touching mine.
this is how
galaxies
collide.”
― Sanober Khan

“You are never too old to become younger!”
― Mae West

“I am not what I am..”
― William Shakespeare

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”
― Leo F. Buscaglia

“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”
― George Lucas

“No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu

“Hearts are made to be broken.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”
― George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin