“But if you look at it like that, we're all pretty much empty, don't you think? You eat, take a dump, do your crummy job for your lousy pay, and get laid occasionally, if you're lucky . . . Still you know, interesting things do happen in life.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“In everything there's a proper order. You can't look too far ahead. Do that and you'll lose sight of what you're doing and stumble. I'm not saying you should focus solely on details right in front of you, mind you. You've got to look ahead a bit or else you'll bump into something. You've got to foll…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“From now on—no matter what—you've got to be the world's toughest fifteen-year-old. That's the only way you're going to survive. And in order to do that, you've got to figure out what it means to be tough. You following me?”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Your life's just begun and there's a ton of things out in the world you've never laid eyes on. Things you never could imagine.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I'll tell you one thing, though. You're going to get a lot tougher if you want to make it.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Across centuries and continents, via twin strands of coincidence and providence, generations and generations got it on to create the inimitable recipe that is you. The gift of being alive, that’s all yours. What do you wanna do with it?”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“Across centuries and continents, all of history conspired to bring you to where you are. And THIS day in your life was JUST the beginning of a longer story, the first pen stroke of something new. Tomorrow, the second. Rest up!”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“Each and everyone of us is a being of limited duration: all of us eventually go down to defeat. But as Earnest Hemingway saw so clearly, the ultimate value of our lives is decided not by how we win but by how we lose.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Journeying is such a blessing when you are less focused on the destination, with your presence centered on the walking of your steps.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“Happiness needs to be a stable road, not a series of brief moments of ecstasy. Measure yours in consistency and stability and try to avoid comparing it to friends' accomplishments. It's your journey, no one else's.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“After all, what matters is not the first, but the last chapter of our life which shows how well we ran the race.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“Life wants us to be aware of ourselves so we can make the necessary adjustments in order to live more harmoniously.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“What we hear, do and expect in life is always based on our own personal experiences. When we interact with other, we must understand and expect that we may not be on the same page.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Never allow what you can see with your eyes to lure you into the belief that there is nothing more. There is more to life than meets the eye.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Nothing is ever as it seems. What looks bad today, can be a blessing tomorrow.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Breath is the gift of grace. As long as we have it, we have the divine opportunity to go it again.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“You can't just live life thinking you deserve things. You need to EARN things. Whether it's earning a nice pair of shoes, a car, or even someone's love, the best part about winning the prize isn't even the prize...it's the journey of how you got there. The wisdom you gain from working hard is the ke…”— Cassey Ho, instagram.com