Like many people, I seek inspiration in the thoughts and words of others. So much wisdom is created over a lifetime of experience that I wish people could bottle it up and pass it along directly to others. One way that wisdom is packaged is in the quotations codified and passed along by authors, scientists, sports figures, and others. For few years, I have kept a collection of quotations that inspire me. Here are some of my favorite quotes:

1. Some of my favorite quotes
- Gurleen Nanra

2. “Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
[Photo © Liis Klammer on Flickr]

3. [Photo from the movie ‘Into the Wild’]
“I want to get more comfortable being uncomfortable. I want to get more confident being uncertain.
I don’t want to shrink back just because something isn’t easy.
I want to push back, and make more room in the area between I can’t and I can.”
― Kristin Armstrong

4. [Photo © cajaroli on Instagram]
“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're
supposed to.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't
Stop Talking

5. [Photo © Charlotte-robin on Flickr]
“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that”
― Rupi Kaur

6. [Photo © clovehs on Tumblr]
“I don’t mind being wrong, and I don’t mind changing my mind.”
-Martin Seligman

7. [Art work by © Fajar P. Domingo]
"Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t
learning enough."
— Alain de Botton

8. [Photo © Anup K Jat, Facebook]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel of
Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs the year
of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew; eternally is built
the same house of Being. Everything separates, everything greets itself
again; eternally true to itself remains the ring of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

9. [Photo from the movie ‘Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind’]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel
of Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs
the year of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew;
eternally is built the same house of Being. Everything separates,
everything greets itself again; eternally true to itself remains the ring
of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make
you"
— If I Stay, Gayle Forman
"I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and
anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real."
— Marc Jacobs

10. [Photo © TeenageWeirdo on Tumblr]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel
of Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs
the year of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew;
eternally is built the same house of Being. Everything separates,
everything greets itself again; eternally true to itself remains the ring
of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make
you"
— If I Stay, Gayle Forman
"I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and
anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real."
— Marc Jacobs
"Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the
pages of a passport.“
— Unknown

11. [Photo from the movie ‘Before Sunset’]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel
of Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs
the year of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew;
eternally is built the same house of Being. Everything separates,
everything greets itself again; eternally true to itself remains the ring
of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make you"
— If I Stay, Gayle Forman

12. [Photo © way-to-study on Tumblr]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel
of Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs
the year of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew;
eternally is built the same house of Being. Everything separates,
everything greets itself again; eternally true to itself remains the ring
of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make
you"
— If I Stay, Gayle Forman
"I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and
anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real."
— Marc Jacobs
"Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the
pages of a passport.“
— Unknown
“The simple fact is that people who achieve excellence in their fields didn’t just have a
dream. They got up at 4:00 am to practice on parallel bars or had to forgo other desirable
activities and paths in order to get in six hours of violin practice a day, or stayed off
several million absurd writing advice blogs with their overheated little cliques that
dispense useless regurgitated maxims and empty praise and decide to actually confront
their own thoughts on a page. Or they read Beowulf and Dante carefully and deeply when
they didn’t see any point, since all they were interested in was Sylvia Plath, because
someone of more experience and wisdom told them to do so. I don’t know whether we’re
overly lazy, stupid, or childish these days. But the idea of preparing oneself for excellence
has somehow disappeared. So – my advice to dreamers: Don’t just follow your dreams.
Earn them. Do what it takes to achieve it. Work for it. Don’t just sit there and dream
because if you do, it will never, ever be yours.”
― Harrison Solow,

13. [Photo ©: Paolo Raeli on Instagram]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel
of Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs
the year of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew;
eternally is built the same house of Being. Everything separates,
everything greets itself again; eternally true to itself remains the ring
of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make
you"
— If I Stay, Gayle Forman
"I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and
anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real."
— Marc Jacobs
"Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the
pages of a passport.“
— Unknown
"Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you
should be?"
— Charles Bukowski, Post Office

14. [Photo © Rona Keller on Flickr ]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel
of Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs
the year of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew;
eternally is built the same house of Being. Everything separates,
everything greets itself again; eternally true to itself remains the ring
of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make
you"
— If I Stay, Gayle Forman
"I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and
anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real."
— Marc Jacobs
"Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the
pages of a passport.“
— Unknown
1. Your skin may never be perfect, and that’s okay.
2. Life is too short not to have the underwear, the coffee, and the haircut you want.
3. Everyone (including your family, your coworkers, and your best friend) will talk about
you behind your back, and you’ll talk about them too. It doesn’t mean you don’t love each
other.
4. It’s okay to spend money on things that make you happy.
5. Sometimes without fault or reason, relationships deteriorate. It will happen when you’re
six, it will happen when you’re sixty. That’s life.
— Five things I am trying very hard to accept
"Do you fall in love often?”
Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with
friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all."
— Jeanette Winterson

15. [Photo from the movie ‘Amelie’]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel
of Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs
the year of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew;
eternally is built the same house of Being. Everything separates,
everything greets itself again; eternally true to itself remains the ring
of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make
you"
— If I Stay, Gayle Forman
"I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and
anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real."
— Marc Jacobs
"Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the
pages of a passport.“
— Unknown
1. Your skin may never be perfect, and that’s okay.
2. Life is too short not to have the underwear, the coffee, and the haircut you want.
3. Everyone (including your family, your coworkers, and your best friend) will talk about
you behind your back, and you’ll talk about them too. It doesn’t mean you don’t love each
other.
4. It’s okay to spend money on things that make you happy.
5. Sometimes without fault or reason, relationships deteriorate. It will happen when you’re
six, it will happen when you’re sixty. That’s life.
— Five things I am trying very hard to accept

16. [Photo ©: Manon Vacher on Flickr]
“Everything goes, everything comes back; eternally rolls the wheel
of Being. Everything dies, everything blooms again; eternally runs
the year of Being. Everything breaks, everything is joined anew;
eternally is built the same house of Being. Everything separates,
everything greets itself again; eternally true to itself remains the ring
of Being.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
"Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the
pages of a passport.“
— Unknown
“Knowing how to free oneself is nothing; the difficult thing is knowing how
to live with that freedom.”
― André Gide, The Immoralist