"You can't be worried about what they've got, the only reason they think they're beautiful is the same reason they think you're not." - Shane Koyczan, Help Wanted

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. -Confucius

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

- Aimee Mullins

"For a star to be born, one thing must happen: a gaseous nebula must collapse. So collapse. Crumble. This is not your destruction. This is your birth."

@Kara33

I love your post

@courageousComfort70 thanks .... i found it on tumblr and had to share it with the community. I thought it was perfect

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

- Robert H. Schuller

Like a wild flower, she spent her days allowing herself to grow. Not many knew of her struggle, but eventually all knew of her light

@Montiebella - Wow, beautiful!

Don't destroy a perfectly good situation by overthinking things x

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

You're YOU before anyone else's

everything will be okay in the end, if it's not okay it's not the end -john lennon

"She is intensely human and lives to look upon life."

Be kind, for everyone you met is fighting a hard battle.

When we reach out it's a sign we're not ready to give up...

"When it's raining look for rainbows, when it's dark look for stars"

Find a place inside where theres joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

- Joseph Campbell

No person, trying to take responsibility for her or his identity, should have to be so alone. There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep, and still be counted as warriors. - Adriennne Rich

Dying is easy, young man; living is harder. -George Washington, "Hamilton: A New American Musical"

"As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone." - Heather Bresch

I'd like to dedicate this quote to all the amazing listeners here at 7cups. Even though we're still growing and learning as a community, there is a lot of goodness that this site provides. I know in recent days, I've seen a lot of negative feedback from members but I'd like to remind us all of why we are still here. We're here to learn and grow together and that is what we will do. Remember, April showers bring May flowers. We will persevere and our community will be bigger and better!

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

- Joyce Meyer

What is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect, and beginning the work of becoming yourself. -Unknown

At first they may laugh at you, call you names or push you down. But keep fighting for what you believe in. Ghandi

If you're going through hell, keep going. -winston churchill

A smile is happiness youll find right under your nose.

- Tom Wilson

A whole sea can not drown a ship unless the water gets in, similarly, the negatives in the world can not bring you down unless they get inside of you.

There is more in you than you think.

~Kurt Hahn

Who is smiling, she/he is big.

Though she be but little, she is fierce.- William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

- Andy Rooney

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

- Robin Williams

On Children
Kahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

@Drqabeer

This is more like a poem. It's so beautiful. Thanks for sharing

"Knowledge is power." ~ Francis Bacon

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." ~ Confucius

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Speak softly and carry a big stick." ~ Theodore Roosevelt

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." ~ Henry Ford

"Wherever you go, there you are." ~ Confucius

A ship in harbor is safe but that is not what ships are built for.