"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books."
-- Thomas Carlyle

 

"I never met a thankful person who was bitter, or a bitter person who was thankful"

 

: "If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive." -Audre Lorde

 

"The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time."
-- Willie Tyler

 

"When you hear bacon cooking….that sizzling sound isn’t the fat cooking….that’s applause.” - Jim Gaffigan

 

"Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars."
-- Hobart Brown

 

"However big the whale may be, the tiny harpoon can rob him of life"
-Malaysian Proverb

The "Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall
-An Old Boxing Saying

 

"It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray." -Aesop

 

A totally non-inspirational quote perhaps, but a current favorite from Dr. River Song in Doctor Who

"You. Me. Handcuffs. Must it always end this way?"

 

"You can't base your life on other people's expectations." -Stevie Wonder

 

"Sometimes when things get tough denial is all we have."

 

"Don't bring negative to my door." -Maya Angelou

 

"The game is rigged. But you cannot lose if you do not play".- The Wire.

 

You never know the pain people are hiding under their addictions. Let's not judge".

 

To hell with emotions
I don't stop until I cream a motherfucker like lotion
Remorse, what the fuck is that?
I'll beat your mama's ass and go get a six-pack!

- Willie D.

 

"If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us." -Yoruba proverb

 

"You ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry." -Bob Marley

 

Worry is a misuse of imagination.
~~ Dan Zadra

 

An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is EVIL. It is hate, anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, & ego. The other is GOOD. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, & truth." The boy thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?" The old man quietly replied, "THE ONE YOU FEED."

 

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.
~ Cary Grant