#inspirational

"It’s never the value of water but thirst, it’s never the value of life but death and it’s never about the friendship but trust."

"The freshness of a smile and the fragrance of a perfume often define the personality of a woman."

"We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has."

"One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong"

"I don't understand dating.. and the other things that people do.. all I know is that you ought to find the one you recognize. The one who gives you four arms, four legs, four eyes, and has the other half of your heart. There's only one of those, so what are all the other things for? Like dating?"

"We cannot improve ourselves or our country without improving our educational system and educating ourselves."

"If you can think independently, you are the master of this universe."

"You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer."

"It's just that in the Deep South, women learn at a young age that when the world is falling apart around you, it's time to take down the drapes and make a new dress."

"That's the scary thing about hope,"she said. "If you let it go too long it turns into faith."

"Never pray for life to be easier, but pray for courage to go on and still enjoy every moment of beauty."

"The principle virtue of anyone who made an important invention is curious persistence."

"And will you succeed?Yes! You will, indeed!(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!So...be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Brayor Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,you're off to Great Places!Today is your day!Your mountain is waiting.So...get on your way!"

"Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation."

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."

"And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't."

"Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships."

"The best Morning Prayer for endless peace would be, “Today I will forgive everyone for their mistakes. Today I will love everyone without judging them. Today I will be kind to everyone even if they do not deserve it. Today I will be a fountain of peace to create waves of joy around me."

"All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think."

"If an apology is followed by an excuse or a reason, it means they are going to commit same mistake again they just apologized for."