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Aphorisms 39
Out of life’s school of war—what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.
— Friedrich Nietzche
So many things are possible as long as you don't know they are impossible.
— Mildred D. Taylor
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
— Anaïs Nin
When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having.
— Rachel Simmons
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
— James Dean
No matter how nice the place is where you live, you need to experience life and the world.
— Terri Irwin
Truth is pounding on the door. Will you insist on not opening it?
— Anonymous
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
— Jawaharlal Nehru
Normality is what the weak call living. I call it death.
— Anonymous
Don't walk timidly. Walk with your shoulders high, your forehead facing forward. When you step on the ground, own it —…
— Anonymous
Tell the truth even if you make someone cry, better than tell a lie and make them happy.
— Anonymous
Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.
— Maggie Kuhn
I don't regret the things I have done in the past. I only regret the things I did not do when I had a chance.
— Anonymous
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
— Mick Jagger
The way in which we handle the fear is the main difference between successful and unsuccessful people.
— Anonymous
You can't handle the truth.
— A Few Good Men
The distance is nothing; it's only the first step that is difficult.
— Mme. du Deffand
Courage is only an accumulation of small steps.
— George Conrad
Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.
— Amy Tan
Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
— Edward Abbey
All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.
— Michael John Bobak
The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.
— Richard Wright
To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.
— Art Spiegelman
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
— Molière
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.
— José Rizal
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
— Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi
Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.
— Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi
Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in…
— Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi
He or she who is willing to be the most uncomfortable is not only the bravest but rises the fastest.
— Brené Brown
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
— Oscar Wilde
Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.
— Nawal El-Saadawi
He who fears defeat is always defeated.
— Yıldırım Bayezid
When I articulated that I didn't care anymore what anybody thought about what I did except me, all the weight of the…
— Kevin Costner
Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
— Doris Lessing
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
— Erica Jong
What has your fear of embarrassment held you back from doing? What if you simply… well, didn’t give a fuck?
— Mark Manson
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If at first, the idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it.
— Albert Einstein