Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. ~ Khalil Gibran
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. ~ Walter Bagehot
You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company. ~ Diane von Furstenberg
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. ~ Robert H. Schuller
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
Everyone has got to realize you can’t hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one. ~ Joe Strummer
Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity. ~ Anton Chekhov
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. ~ Helen Keller
Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you. William James
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. ~ Ferdinand Foch
