Uplifting quotes & Inspiring Thoughts

?Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.?
― RenDescartes

?The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.?
― Marquis de Sade, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings

?Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us.?
― Daisaku Ikeda

There are things you would love to hear that you would never hearfrom the personyou would like to hear it from. But don't be so deaf as not to hear it from the one who says it from their heart.

?You have to salvage what you can, even if you're the one who buried it in the first place.?
― Kelly Link, Pretty Monsters: Stories

?The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon?
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

?Tears are a river that takes you somewhere?Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better.?
― Clarissa Pinkola Est

?You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up.?
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

?Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.?
― Washington Irving, the legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

?We are at our most powerful the moment we no longer need to be powerful.?
― Eric Micha'el Leventhal