#inspirational

"Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?"

"The universe is a mirror—if you smile at her, she smiles at you with joy."

"When I am longing for love, every rose is the expression of my soul."

"You are where you always wanted to be; so enjoy the beauty of life."

"You were never born to make money. You were born to enjoy life and be happy. Instead you learned to make money and forgot how to be happy."

"In other words, our opinions and our thoughts and feelings, anything we experience, need not define us forever."

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,Or what's a heaven for?"

"We can follow a steady upward course in a world of change without fear, welcoming opportunities"

"Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons."Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting an education and survived, in her keynote speech to the United Nations, 12th July 2013."

"Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast."

"A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something."

"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."

"I wanted to become the seeker, the aroused and passionate explorer, and it was better to go at it knowing nothing at all, always choosing the unmarked bottle, always choosing your own unproven method, armed with nothing but faith and a belief in astonishment."

"Education shouldn’t be the prison of known knowledge, but it should be the bridge to find the yet unknown universe of knowledge."

"Leap, and the net will appear."

"Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are."

"Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?"

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

"Without honesty and integrity, success is nothing but a terrible failure."

"It is not the duration but the donation of life that matters the most."