Quotes About Life

“Differences frighten us because they make us grow.” – Pope Francis

“Attachment has three phases: sweetness, disappointment, then pain. Complete yourself rather than relying on anything or anyone else to be whole.” – Shaun Roundy

“Love is about loving you for the difficult things, not the easy things.” – Paul Gilbert

“Our reality is negotiable and can be manipulated — on purpose or by accident…by the expectations of those around us.” – fs.blog

“Failure does not make you a loser, only giving up or never trying in the first place can do that. The courage to try again and again makes you an inspiration, a hero, and, eventually, a success story.” – Shaun Roundy, in Motivation 101: the Motivation Equation

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart” – Helen Keller

“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence, making sure that impact lasts in your absence” – Sheryl Sandberg

“Civility doesn’t weaken a message. It helps others hear it” – Kate Nasser

“A person’s world is only as big as their heart” – Tanya A. Moore

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates

“The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.” – Deepak Chopra

“Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.” – Viktor Frankl

“The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall where they may.” – John F. Kennedy

“You can give without loving, but you can’t love without giving.” – John Wooden

“The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twister pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt. There is no more unhealthy being, no man less worthy of respect, than he who either really holds, or feigns to hold, an attitude of sneering disbelief toward all that is great and lofty.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.” – Maya Angelou

“The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twister pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“True belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” – Brene Brown

“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” – Joseph Campbell

“The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.” – Wendell Barry