There will always be those who say you are too young and delicate to make anything happen for yourself. They don't see the part of you that smolders. Don't let their doubting drown out the sound of your own heartbeat. You are the first drop of rain in a hurricane. Your bravery builds beyond you. You are needed by all the little girls still living in secret, writing oceans made of monsters, and throwing like lightning. You don't need to grow up to find greatness. You are so much stronger than the world has ever believed you could be. The world is waiting for you to set it on fire. Trust in yourself and burn.
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SUZY KASSEM Scared, Cold, in pain, the dust hasn't settled yet. Pinned in, crying, my clothes are ripp... RALPH ALLEN When you are doing all that you know to do yet all hell is breaking out around you, SANJO JENDAYI Nothing would be easier without you, because you are everything, KATE DICAMILLO If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If ... RUDYARD KIPLING I hope one day somebody loves you so much that they see violets in the bags unde... TRISTA MATEER you are a horse running alone and he tries to tame you compares you to an impossible highw... WARSAN SHIRE Come to me. Why must you ruin this moment? You are burdened with thought. Burdened wi... KAMAND KOJOURI Dear Fellow Human Being, You are born wild, You do not deserve to be tamed! Te... JASZ GILL Frida Kahlo to Marty McConnell leaving is not enough; you must stay gone. tra... MARTY MCCONNELL Survive ... Some women survive by creating walls, big walls guarding their heart... IJEOMA UMEBINYUO All this waiting. Waiting for the rain to stop. Waiting in traffic. Waiting for the... KAMAND KOJOURI Let your wisdom guide you On your own personal journey By listening to your heart Yo... KAREN HACKEL So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said Are you go... MITCH ALBOM Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actio... LAO TZU You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply. ROBERT FAGLES Don’t pack out ______________ To some people, you make life bright When you d... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR If You Forget Me I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: PABLO NERUDA Note and Quote to Self – What you think, say and do! Your life mainly consists of 3 thi... ALLAN RUFUS I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with. Tell me why you loved... ANDREA GIBSON The guilt you felt when you were smiling and others were suffering, the guilt you ... KAMAND KOJOURI May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are me... TERESA OF ÁVILA Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY* DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry DON'T SET... TRENT REZNOR Is it odd, my love, that I envy others who have not met you for the intoxication t... KAMAND KOJOURI Missing you, I missed a part of me I shared with you that’s now gone. M... KAMAND KOJOURI I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come 'ro... JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI And there you are on the shore, fitful and thoughtful, trying to attach them ... MARY OLIVER we met one strange summer in a regular tangle of sticky webs you had the air o... MOONSHINE NOIRE Wake up. If your eyes are sleeping then wipe them gently. You need to be awake for... KAMAND KOJOURI So that you will hear me my words sometimes grow thin as the tracks of the gulls on t... PABLO NERUDA No! I don’t love you! I just like you, a little. Your lips are sweet, an... ZORICA SAVRON Beauty is frightening," they will tell you — Lazily you will arrange A Spani... ALEXANDER BLOK We were talking about the space between us all And the people who hide themselves behind a wall... GEORGE HARRISON Because you believed In yourself Your tiny self Because you knew There is... GABRIELLE PRENDERGAST Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-... WENDELL BERRY They tell us the only way to move on is to forget. “Forgive,” they say. Realise ... KAMAND KOJOURI And I loved you I loved you so There were times I forgot to breathe Waiting ... VERONIKA JENSEN
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Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend i... FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER War is the province of danger. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political inter... CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must be... CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fa... CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ Politics is the womb in which war develops. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ A conqueror is always a lover of peace. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often ten... CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ To secure peace is to prepare for war. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be consid... CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference. CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ Freedom exists only with power. FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. JOHANN VON GOETHE Before you can do something you must first be something. JOHANN VON GOETHE How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive to do th... JOHANN VON GOETHE The deed is everything, the glory is naught. JOHANN VON GOETHE Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnes... JOHANN VON GOETHE Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult t... JOHANN VON GOETHE When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self. JOHANN VON GOETHE Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself. FRIEDRICH VON SCHLEGEL Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking t... JOHANN VON GOETHE A useless life is an early death. JOHANN VON GOETHE A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach. FRIEDRICH VON SCHLEGEL There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and tha... OTTO VON BISMARCK CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table ... OTTO VON BISMARCK