Life Inspo Quotes & Sayings

To grow is not to timidly sit on some safe shore at water's edge and clumsily grab whatever happens to float by me. Rather, it is to deliberately step into waters both calm and turbulent in order to wrestle great things to shore. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it. — Scott McClellan

I expected to be shot at any moment and if they had done I would have understood, that they couldn't take risks with someone foolhardy or so unpredictable. — Laurie Lee

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth — Blaise Pascal

There was no indie rock band in the 90s at the level of, like, Grizzly Bear. I listen to their records and it's crazy how good they sound. That really freaks me out. — Travis Morrison

Of course my father was a great influence on me. He taught me how to read. — Michael Foot

It's smart to have a set of younger actors. People don't always want to look at me. They want to look at other people. — Bruce Campbell

Government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. What part of that do politicians and government bureaucrats not understand? Government has no right to keep secrets from the people. The people are paying for it. It's THEIR government. They have a right to know everything going on. — Wayne Allyn Root

The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue.
[Lat., Semita certe
Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.] — Juvenal

In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Isreal was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tyranny and unrest. — Ronald Reagan

My gut isn't wrong. Except when it has diarrhea. Then it is very, very wrong. — Sara Wolf

Suppose it was painful," she whispers. "All that broken skin."
She has been so steely I can almost forget she's in mourning. — Lauren DeStefano

On the 11th of every month my friend elizabeth would say, "well we made it through another month. so do we get her back now?" we always giggled, but we really did expect to get her back. its not human to let go of love, even when it's dead.
we expected one of these monthly anniversaries to be the Final Goodbye. we figured that we'd said all our goodbyes, and given up all the tears we had to give. we'd passed the test and would get back what we'd lost. but instead, every anniversary hurt more, and every anniversary felt like she was further away from coming back. the idea that there wouldn't be a final goodbye- that was a hard goodbye in itself and, at that point, still an impossible goodbye. no private eye has to tell you it's a long goodbye.
... the loss just doesn't go away- it gets bigger the longer you look at it. — Rob Sheffield

We've been over this a dozen times. Nothing's ever going to change the way I feel about you. — Josephine Angelini

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. — Walter Scott