#inspirational

"Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness."

"Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding."

"In life there are good and bad situations. But when you are down in the valley looking up at the mountain, sometimes you realize that you can see the stars a little clearer. You realize what's truly important and you know exactly what must be done to keep it just like it is."

"Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are."

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."

"That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet."

"Teachers are the one and only people who save nations."

"The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention."

"I was smiling yesterday,I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow.Simply because life is too short to cry for anything."

"Each day gives the opportunity for you to be treated right, to feel worthy, and to be successful. It’s a choice you have to make, a faith you have to embrace, and a standard you have to set."

"It was stupid to hope, she knew. But sometimes hope was all you had."

"Love is the essence, fragrance, and beauty of life."

"Just enjoy the music of life."

"If your intentions are good, nothing bad can happen."

"All I can be is me- whoever that is."

"Stop thinking about life and choose to live it"

"Chapters - Life has many different chapters for us. One bad chapter doesn’t mean the end of the book."

"To oppose something is to maintain it... You must go somewhere else; you must have another goal; then you walk a different road."

"I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!"

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."