1. “A fight is going on inside me,” said an old man to his son. “It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil.
He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.
The same fight is going on inside you.”
The son thought about it for a minute and then asked, “Which wolf will win?”
The old man replied simply, “The one you feed.”
— Wendy Mass (Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life)
2. “America, I don’t think you can change history.” All the same, his expression looked hopeful.
“Sure we can. Besides, who’d ever know about it but you and me?”
— Kiera Cass (The Selection (The Selection, #1)
3. “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”
— Germany Kent
4. “Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one.”
— Matshona Dhliwayo
5. “My Uncle Alex, who is up in Heaven now, one of the things he found objectionable about human beings was that they so rarely noticed it when times were sweet.
We could be drinking lemonade in the shade of an apple tree in the summertime, and Uncle Alex would interrupt the conversation to say, “If this isn’t nice, what is?”
So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives. When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud,
“If this isn’t nice, what is?”
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young)
6. “America, I don’t think you can change history.” All the same, his expression looked hopeful.
“Sure we can. Besides, who’d ever know about it but you and me?”
— Kiera Cass (The Selection (The Selection, #1)
7. “But we comforted ourselves with what we really meant to say, which was: “I don’t normally feel this good about what I’m doing.”
Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling.
Everything else will be measured against it.”
— David Levithan (The Lover’s Dictionary)
8. “You were born and with you endless possibilities, very few ever to be realized.
It’s okay. Life was never about what you could do, but what you would do. “
— Richelle E. Goodrich (Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year)
9. “That’s the scary thing about hope,” she said. “If you let it go too long it turns into faith.”
— Christopher Moore (Coyote Blue)
10. “Let truth be told – women do as a rule live through such humiliations, and regain their spirits, and again look about them with an interested eye.
While there’s life there’s hope is a connviction not so entirely unknown to the “betrayed” as some amiable theorists would have us believe.”
— Thomas Hardy (Tess of the D’Urbervilles)
11. “One of the best things about life is friends. We all agree on that. And yet our shyness with strangers often prevents friendship from ever gaining a foothold.
If only we would realize that the other person is probably just as shy as we are and is simply waiting—and hoping—for us to make the first move.”
— Jerry Spinelli (Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself)
12. “How to win in life:
1 work hard
2 complain less
3 listen more
4 try, learn, grow
5 don’t let people tell you it can’t be done
6 make no excuses”
— Germany Kent
13. “i hope that
whoever you are
wherever you are
and no matter how
you are feeling
you will always
have something
to smile about.”
— Sanober Khan
14. “I hope I remember everything,” said Toni.
“You won’t,” said Trapp. “That’s how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you’ll eventually get it.
And then you’ll make new mistakes.”
— Louis Sachar (The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker)
15. “Jamie saved my life. She taught me everything. About life, hope and the long journey ahead. I’ll always miss her.
But our love is like the wind. I can’t see it, but I can feel it.” – Landon Carter”
— Nicholas Sparks
16. “If love is a form of substance abuse, I hope to die high.”
— Crystal Woods (Write like no one is reading 2)
17. “We start a relationship with someone not only because of how great they are but how great they make us feel.
And because they have granted us this extraordinary gift—a chance to experience love, joy, compassion, and security —it is our exclusive privilege
to make them feel wonderful about themselves, especially during days when they, themselves, don’t feel so wonderful.”
— Kamand Kojouri
18. “I am so lucky. I used to think trust means “never let you down”, but really, it’s about love.
Family can’t always help fix a difficult situation, and everybody makes mistakes. We shouldn’t expect perfect.
But we can hope that the people we love love us enough to try to make it right.”
— Miranda Kenneally (Jesse’s Girl (Hundred Oaks)
19. “Everyday presents a new opportunity to grow and press forward to your success. Stay the course believing that where you are right now doesn’t matter,
as long as you are moving in the right direction.”
— Germany Kent
20. “Remember diamonds are created under pressure so hold on, it will be your time to shine soon.”
— Sope Agbelusi
21. “Love can bless you with a sense of purpose and direction when all else fails.
Because to have faith in love is to be optimistic about life. Love is hopefulness.”
— Kamand Kojouri
22. “Hope is a flower which refuses to be crushed under life’s brutal heel.”
— John Mark Green
23. “Whether you choose to move on from your struggles and enjoy life or waddle in your misery, life will continue.”
— Germany Kent
24. “May every sunrise make you more confident about the power of hope, expectations, patience and love.”
— Debasish Mridha
25. “If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.”
— Matshona Dhliwayo
26. “The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”
— Aaron Lauritsen (100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip)
27. “When you travel, buy a historical book about the place, read to increase your knowledge on the beautiful places of the world.”
— Lailah Gifty Akita (The Wings of Hope: Survivor)
28. “Your mind is a ship; it can sail across the universe as long as you don’t allow negative thoughts to sink it.”
— Matshona Dhliwayo
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