inspiration

"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."

"Be melting snow.Wash yourself of yourself."

"He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life."

"What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan."

"This is who the fuck I am."

"I was born into Bolívar's labyrinth, and so I must believe in the hope of Rabelais' Great Perhaps."

"What if I mess up?""Oh, you will. You'll mess up, you'll make mistakes, you'll break things. Some you'll be able to piece together, and others you'll lose. That's all a given. But there's only one thing you have to do for me.""What's that?""Stay alive long enough to mess up again."

"Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be."

"If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear."

"Boredom is the fear of self."

"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?"

"I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope."

"Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law"

"There comes a time when we realize that our parents cannot save themselves or save us, that everyone who wades through time eventually gets dragged out to sea by the undertow- that, in short, we are all going."

"You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up."

"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

"Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective."

"I’ll wear a maze on a necklace, dangling over my chest, because if you want to get at my heart, you have to be ready to lose yourself."

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour."

"a wind has blown the rain away & the sky away & all the leaves away, & the trees stand. i think i, too, have known autumn too long."