Random Inspirational Quotes

"I’ve grown up defined by this desperate, undeniable, ‘can’t breathe’ kind of space inside of myself and I’m afraid that the diagnosis is fatal."

"This isn't the road home. This is a road littered with questions that will inevitably lead to an answer."

"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time."

"From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain."

"Every achievement is a servitude. It compels us to a higher achievement."

"I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!"

"Francie, huddled with other children of her kind, learned more that first day than she realized. She learned of the class system of a great Democracy."

"I went to a psychoanalyst. He explained things about my love life that I found very impressive... almost scary."

"He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe."

"What's the use of complaining about something you have no intentions of changing it?"

"To pursue wisdom is to live in such a way that one is prepared to face death when it comes. (247)"

"I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments."

"Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose what's right. And given a choice between a terrible truth and a beautiful lie, choose the truth every time."

"I know one thing you don't. I know the difference between Right and Wrong. They didn't teach you that at school.'Rose didn't answer; the woman was quite right: the two words meant nothing to her. Their taste was extinguished by stronger foods--Good and Evil."

"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."

"Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If the world was normal, a girl being nice to you would be a good sign, but in the real world, it isn't."

"If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed."

"It's better to dare to dream big and achieve half of your dreams than to dream small dreams and achieve all"

"To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry."

"When I was your age, art was a lonely thing: no galleries, no collecting, no critics, no money. We didn't have mentors. We didn't have parents. We were alone. But it was a great time, because we had nothing to lose and a vision to gain."