#inspirationa

I love finding gems. However I’m not talking about ludicrously expensive diamonds, or priceless sapphires. I mean the impetuous, primitive rushes of passion and love we experience so rarely that they become impossible to ignore. That overwhelming sense of selflessness and beauty. Hope and desire. Happiness and strength. These are the moments that define us as people. As individuals. Should it be falling in love, playing a guitar for the first time, donating to charity, meeting new people, staying up till three in the morning listening to old Bob Marley Vinyls or beating the elite 4 on Pokemon. Whatever it is, it’s moments like these that are worth more than any gem or diamond. Treasure or material goods. ↗

— George MacDonald (The Runaway State)

#gobslapped #inspirational #the-runaway-state #treasure #beauty

We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words ‘Too Late’. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#political #inspirational

All children are our responsibility and should always be safe. We must do what we can to help them stay safe, wel and educated. The future of humanity depands on it. Without children...earth will not have a future. ↗

— Timothy Pina

#inspirational #education

But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself. One of my greatest joys is inspiring other people to perform at their best. ↗

— Meb Keflezighi

#dreams

Attitude and Aptitude determine Altitude (James Caan - Entrepreneur) ↗

— Fekhi

#attitude

A verse came to mind, one that has comforted Kari before. It was the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. If he cried over Jerusalem, if he cried over the death of Lazarus, surely he was crying now over the death of her dreams, the death of her marriage. ↗

— Karen Kingsbury

#death

I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't right to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#hobbit #inspirational-attitude #sam-gamgee #samwise-the-brave #the-shire

Out of the Abundance of the Heart the Mouth Speaks" Matthew 12:34b last half of verse ↗

— Jesus

#attitude

People can learn to be more optimistic by acting as if they were more optimistic. ↗

— Suzanne C. Segerstrom

#psychology #attitude

If you say you can or you can't you are right either way ↗

— Henry Ford

#faith #inspirational #motivational #positive-attitude #positive-thinking