Famous Pep Talks Quotes & Sayings

Despite popular belief, hitting someone with a closed fist actually hurts the hitter almost as much as the hittee. — Ally Carter

But I'm kind of used to being invisible," I continued. "So any kind of attention makes me nervous. — Sarah Dessen

His eyes were sharp but kind, and it seemed to amuse him to see children misbehave when he knew that deep down they didn't really want to misbehave, but were just feeling lonely or misunderstood or wanted to go outside and play instead of sitting in a hot classroom. (26) — Phyllis Theroux

A full pure heart with empty pocket is much better than full pocket of money with no heart — Russ

To leave the thread of all time
And let it make a dark line
In hopes that I can still find
The way back to the moment
I took the turn and turned to
Begin a new beginning
Still looking for the answer
I cannot find the finish
It's either this or that way
It's one way or the other
It should be one direction
It could be on reflection
The turn I have just taken
The turn that I was making
I might be just beginning
I might be near the end.


— Enya

It's hard to say where a story begins and ends. You have to draw an arbitrary line somewhere. Somewhere between perception and reality. Between what is spoken and what is heard. Between what is written and what is edited out. I know this, you can't have an ending without a beginning. Even if they are really just random pieces of the middle that tend to stand out. Staccato notes on the page. Points on a circle. — Thomas Lloyd Qualls

Your heart knows. Your soul remembers. — Colleen Houck

Creative power is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired form. — Thomas Troward

It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single glimpse of clean, hard, radiant competence. She had fits of tortured longing for a friend or enemy with a mind better than her own. — Ayn Rand

I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes. — Ruth Rendell