“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life… as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
—Booker T. Washington (via kari-shma) (via lifeasquotes)
April 2010
28 posts
March 2010
15 posts
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
—Buddha | Submitted by iamtea-rriffic (via quote-book) (via kelli630)
“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.”
— Bob Hope (via quote-book) (via kelli630)
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
—Victor Hugo | Submitted by forsethia (via quote-book) (via lovebot)
“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”
—Jack Kerouac | Submitted by justshineon (via quote-book) (via kelli630)
“Maybe it’s because you’re one of those people that believes that sometimes, the most reckless thing you can do with your heart, is not being reckless with it.”
—via: I wrote this for you (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via lovebot)
“I’m going to tell you something really subverse. Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it… It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, and risking everything for. And if you don’t risk everything, you risk even more.”
—Erica Jong (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via kelli630)
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”
—Maya Angelou (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via lifeasquotes)
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
—Martin Luther King Jr. (via quote-book) (via kelli630)
“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.”
—Lady Gaga (via lifeasquotes)
“Let the rest of the world beat their brains out for a buck. It’s friends that count and I have friends.”
—All About Eve (via filmquotes)
February 2010
39 posts
“For a girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone.”
—Louisa May Alcott (via loveyourchaos) (via hauntedwood) (via constantwanderlust) (via sine-qua-non) (via lifeasquotes)
“I like to see people reunited, maybe that’s a silly thing, but what can I say, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can’t tell fast enough, the ears that aren’t big enough, the eyes that can’t take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone.”
—Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via arianesantos)
“And then God created Saturn… and he liked it, so he put a ring on it…”
—(via d-rad)(via longlivethequeen) (via apassingfeeling)
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