Courage

“What makes the desert beautiful is that it hides a well somewhere.”

“Do what you love, be with who you love — that's a good day.”

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.”

“Our only responsibility is to be faithful to the seed of creativity deep within us, and to let it grow according to its own laws.”

“When you look deep into the well, what you see is not the reflection of the water's surface but your own face — a face you have never seen before.”

“I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be.”

“My business is to sing — and that is all I know —”

“I measure every Grief I meet — With narrow, probing, eyes — I wonder if It weighs like Mine — Or has an Easier size —”

“Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me —”

“Don't overthink it — work hard when it's time to work, play hard when it's time to play.”

“It's the fire in my eyes, and the flash of my teeth, the swing in my waist, and the joy in my feet. I'm a woman, phenomenally.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“Doing what you love — that's the best life has to offer.”

“Go do what you want — don't leave regrets for later.”

“This old man lets loose a young man's wild spirit — left hand leading the hound, right arm bearing the hawk.”

“Bamboo staff and straw sandals — lighter than a horse. Who is afraid? A straw cloak in the misty rain, and I let life unfold.”

“Life is brief — there is no time to waste. Let everything follow the heart, freely.”

“Somewhere in this world, there must be another me, doing the things I dare not do.”

“Everyone should have at least one dream, one reason to be strong.”

“Eat well, sleep well — that's more important than anything.”

“I can resist everything except temptation.”

“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.”

“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”

“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

“It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.”

“All cruelty springs from weakness.”

“While there is life, there is hope.”

“Why do we weep over fragments of life? Our whole life calls for tears.”

“It's getting cold — add a layer and take good care of yourself.”

“Don't aim at success — the more you make it a target and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.”

“Winter is for curling up — read a good book, have a good dream.”

“Do not be satisfied with the story that comes before you. Unfold your own myth.”

“Don't stand at the edge of the water and gaze. Step into the river.”