The Quote Diary

2012-05-31

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

— Charles Darwin

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All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

— Cyril Connolly

2012-05-04

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life’s sores the better.

— Oscar Wilde (via giovannafalcone1)

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2012-04-29

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

— Robert J. Sawyer

2012-04-17

Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.

— Alan Cohen (via ashleyyinman)

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2012-04-12

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

— Benjamin Disraeli (via thepetitemuse)

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2012-04-09

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

— Audre Lorde

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2012-04-07

You are not your bra size, nor are you the width of your waist, nor are you the slenderness of your calves. You are not your hair color, your skin color, nor are you a shade of lipstick. Your shoe size is of no consequence. You are not defined by the amount of attention you get from males, females, or any combination thereof. You are not the number of sit-ups you can do, nor are you the number of calories in a day. You are not your mustache. You are not the hair on your legs. You are not a little red dress. You are no amalgam of these things. You are the content of your character. You are the ambitions that drive you. You are the goals that you set. You are the things that you laugh at and the words that you say. You are the thoughts you think and the things you wonder. You are beautiful and desirable not for the clique you attend, but for the spark of life within you that compels you to make your life a full and meaningful one. You are beautiful not for the shape of the vessel, but for the volume of the soul it carries.

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-Brandon Cyrus

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Do one thing everyday that scares you.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

2012-04-03

Put yourself out there and give yourself permission to suck. That’s not to say you should try to suck, but you have to give yourself permission to allow for the possibility of sucking. Without sucking, you’re never going to find your boundaries, and you’ll never push through those boundaries. That’s all it is. Constantly bumping into walls you do not think you can climb and then climbing until you get over them. There’s no mystery to it, no magic. It’s about dedication and constantly trying to improve.

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Michael Ian Black, interviewed on The Rumpus

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(via jesswanderlust)

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