#pta

When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #inspirational #life #motivational #success

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than for our own. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#friends #friendship #respect #friendship

A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more." True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#friendship #friendship

Our response to temptation reveals the substance of our faith. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#faith

Smee, you are a supreme idjit." "Aye, Cap'n. ↗

— Ridley Pearson

#humor #obedience #smee #humor

Will is… difficult,” Jem said. “But family is difficult. If I didn’t think the Institute was the best place for you, Tessa, I wouldn’t say it was. And one can build one’s own family. I know you feel inhuman, and as if you were set apart, away from life and love, but…” His voice cracked a little, the first time Tessa had heard him sound unsure. He cleared his throat. “I promise you, the right man won’t care. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#family #jem-carstairs #love #family

Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all. ↗

— José Saramago

#forgiveness

--I truly and deeply wanted to kill him. And I believe I could have done it, with nothing but my hands. But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, Peter had an arm around me. "Let it go, Kade," he was whispering very gently, though his arm was nearly crushing me. "Open your fists," he said, "and let go of the coals. ↗

— David James Duncan

#forgiveness #letting-go #forgiveness

Home is where 'I know you', 'I accept you', 'I forgive you', and 'I love you' are most likely to be heard. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#forgiveness #home #love #richelle #richelle-goodrich

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace. ↗

— Eckhart Tolle

#freedom #space #freedom