"Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign."
— John Stuart Mill
"Dream the impossible, seek the unknown, achieve greatness."
— Ursula K. Le Guin
"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
— Marthe Troly-Curtin
"The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are."
— Rumi
"A smile puts you on the right track. A smile makes the world a beautiful place."
— Roy T. Bennett
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
— Lewis Carroll
"It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance."
— Epicurus (recorded in later summaries)
"There is some good in the world, and it's worth fighting for."
— J. R. R. Tolkien
"You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks."
"Sometimes all you can do is laugh."
— M. Price
"Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people."
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
— Implied in classical thought (commonly echoed)
"Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were will..."
— Candace Bushnell
"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."
— A. A. Milne
"Anyone can be optimistic when the sun is rising; the whole point is to be optimistic when the sun is setting and darkness is falling!"
— Mehmet Murat ildan
"Every day, you get the opportunity to change your life."
— Rodolfo Costa
"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."
— Bertrand Russell
"Always believe in yourself and always stretch yourself beyond your limits. Your life is worth a lot more than you think because you are capable of acc..."
"The pain passes, but the beauty remains."
— Pierre-Auguste Renoir