George Orwell, 1984

He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by George Orwell, 1984

Leonardo da Vinci

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Leonardo da Vinci

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Mahatma Gandhi

Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

You could do a lot worse.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

Taylor Swift

When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Taylor Swift

Eleanor Roosevelt

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Eleanor Roosevelt

John F. Kennedy

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by John F. Kennedy

Max Lucado

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Max Lucado

Maya Angelou

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Maya Angelou

Walt Disney Company

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Walt Disney Company

Martin Luther King Jr.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Martin Luther King Jr.

Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Life after Death

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Life after Death

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Robert Louis Stevenson

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Robert Louis Stevenson

Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

Winston Churchill

You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Winston Churchill

Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head

If you're reading this...
Congratulations, you're alive.
If that's not something to smile about,
then I don't know what is.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head

Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Albert Schweitzer

Nora Roberts, Morrigan's Cross

know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Nora Roberts, Morrigan's Cross

Oprah Winfrey

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Oprah Winfrey

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Bob Marley

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Bob Marley

Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

Vincent van Gogh

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Vincent van Gogh

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Lloyd Alexander

Oscar Wilde

You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Oscar Wilde

C. JoyBell C.

You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by C. JoyBell C.

Mother Teresa

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Mother Teresa

Martin Luther King Jr.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Martin Luther King Jr.

Gautama Buddha

With our thoughts we make the world.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Gautama Buddha

Paul McCartney, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Paul McCartney, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Joss Whedon

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Joss Whedon

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Maya Angelou

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Maya Angelou

Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

John Lennon

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by John Lennon

Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Emily Dickinson

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Shel Silverstein

Anything is possible. Anything can be.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Shel Silverstein

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Alexandre Dumas

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
" Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Alexandre Dumas

Andrew Wolfe

A book without words is like love without a kiss; it's empty.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Andrew Wolfe

Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

Arthur Schopenhauer

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Arthur Schopenhauer

John Waters, Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters

I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. The chip on my shoulder could sink the QE2. I've got an attitude problem and nobody better get in my way...I'm in a bad mood and the whole stupid little world is gonna pay!

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by John Waters, Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters