I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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Vincent Van Gogh – What would life be …
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Roger Ebert – There’s something depressing …
There’s something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow.
Ann Demeulemeester – Black is not sad …
Black is not sad. Bright colors are what depresses me. They’re so… empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.
Richard Hancock – Depression makes me hate …
Depression makes me hate the world, but it gives me a million things to think.
Dave Guerrero – I no longer pursue happiness …
Dave Guerrero Depressing Quote
I no longer pursue happiness, for it alludes me in every occasion. It is as if I’m trying to find something that is invisible, and sometimes I can’t help to wonder if I’m the only one who it is oblivious to.
James Smith – I can’t think of anything …
I can’t think of anything when I’m depressed. I just want to be alone.
Judith Guest – Depression is not sobbing and crying and …
Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling. People who keep stiff upper lips find that it’s damn hard to smile.
Penelope Sweet – Depression is nourished by a lifetime …
Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts.
Brian W. Aldiss – When childhood dies …
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.
John Greenleaf Whittier – For all sad words …
For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been.”
George Bernard Shaw – Life isn’t about finding …
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Dr. Seuss – Be who you are and …
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
Bette Howland – For a long time it seemed …
For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
Madame de Lambert – The pleasures of the world …
The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.
Anonymous – When life gives you …
When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life you have a thousand reasons to smile.
John Lennon – When I was 5 years old …
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
Buddha – The secret of health for both mind …
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
~ Buddha
Eric Collier – Dream you dreams with your eyes closed …
Dream your dreams with your eyes closed, but live your dreams with your eyes open.
