"The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you." - Stephanie Perkins

"You control your destiny – you don’t need magic to do it. And there are no magical shortcuts to solving your problems." - Merida

"Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." - Alan Turing

"There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope." - The Theory of Everything

"There should be no boundaries to human endeavour. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope." - Stephen Hawking

"Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up." - Hope Floats

“If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead.” – Ratatouill

Gwen and I are wishing all those who celebrate a happy Diwali! We hope it’s filled with light, joy, and prosperity.

"It symbolizes the spiritual victory of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance." - wikipedia I think we could all use a little Diwali right about now... Wishing all the very Happiest Diwali this evening.

Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Diwali wishes to everyone and their families 🩷🩵💚💜💛

“Putting forward yur positive energy connects you back to basic human values which we all share. Good Deeds Day shows that no matter the size of the gesture, a smile that brightens someone else’s day or volunteering in your community, we can all take active part in making a difference.” Shari Arison

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." - C.S. Lewis

“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.” - Peter Drucker

“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” - Warren Buffett

“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” — Roy T. Bennett

fuck Pam Bondi and trump.... and not in the good way.

“Ordinary people think merely of spending time, great people think of using it.” - Arthur Schopenhauer

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” /Muhammad Ali/ (Also reference from Skepta – “I never count the days, I make the days count.”)

“It’s our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” - J. K. Rowling

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” - Colin Powell

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” - Ann Landers

“The essence of self-discipline is to do the important thing rather than the urgent thing.” - Barry Werner

“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” - Anne Sweeney

“Work harder on you than everyone else and you will become unusually successful.” - Dani Johnson

“Self-discipline is doing what’s right instead of doing what you feel like doing. That’s the meaning of self-disciple.” ~ Eliud Kipchoge

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” ~ Dalai Lama

2/2 Touch others with the heart of kindness rather than the hand of hate. Help straighten and clear the path for those who follow. Our lives are not measured by their length, but by the acts of kindness we commit

1/2 We are on this earth but for a short time. Spend that time helping others by lightening the loads they carry and the burdens they bear.

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” - Paulo Coelho

“Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities.” - Sophia Amoruso

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Confucius

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” - Stephen Covey

They can say and do anything they want but let someone else without their mindset express themselves then that is a different story. It has been happening more and more since Trump came on the scene. He encouraged violence during his rallies from the start.

“Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine

“So now, all alone or not, you gotta walk ahead. Thing to remember is if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too.” -- Cecelia Ahern

“Realize that you are not alone, that we are in this together, and most importantly that there is hope.” -- Deepika Padukone

“Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.” -- Sojourner Truth

“Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” -- Yuri Kochiyama

“In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision.” - Dalai Lama

“You’ve done it before, and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” - Ralph Marston

“If you feel happy, smile with all your heart. If you’re down, smile with all your might.” - Paul Ian Guillermo

“Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.” - Harvey Mackay

“You have the power on your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” - John C. Maxwell

. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” - Dwayne Johnson

“Think of many things, do one.” - Portuguese proverb

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction" - George Lorimer.

“If it takes just one election to reverse hundreds of years of social progress, then that society never progressed in the first place. There's no point in celebrating 4th of July, when we're ever regressing to persecution days.” - Anonymous