Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.

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In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

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Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it. ― Henry James

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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. — Thomas A. Edison

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Boss up and change your life / You can have it all, no sacrifice — Lizzo

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As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.

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I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. ― Ronald Reagan

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Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. ― Benjamin Franklin

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