"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one."
- John Lennon
Hope
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
- Shel Silverstein
Inspiration
"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
- Paulo Coelho
Aspirations
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
- Oscar Wilde
Self-confidence
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth."
- William W. Purkey
Happiness
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Change
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Learning
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
- Marilyn Monroe
Creativity
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein
Awareness
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
- Oscar Wilde
Optimism
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
- Neil Gaiman
Courage
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present."
- Bill Keane
Gratitude
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas A. Edison
Learning from Mistakes
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
- Elie Wiesel
Compassion
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
- Albert Einstein
Creativity
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..."
- Dr. Seuss
Independence
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
- George Eliot
New Beginnings
"This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."
- Marilyn Monroe
Happiness
"Everything you can imagine is real."
- Pablo Picasso
Imagination
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
- C.S. Lewis
Contentment
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
- George Bernard Shaw
Personal Growth
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Determination
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Courage
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
- Helen Keller
Happiness
"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."
- Stephen Chbosky
Reflection
"You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
- Marcus Aurelius
Inner Peace
"You can physically change your brain by consciously changing your thoughts."
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