Quotes from all over about things that I care about.
“The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong in the broken parts.” –Ernest Hemingway
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“Forgiving quietly and choosing not to return isn’t resentment–it’s self-respect. It’s saying: I forgive you, but I choose myself too. It’s not coldness, it’s healing. It’s learning to let go without noise or drama. Forgiveness isn’t forgetting–it’s freedom. It’s not weakness–it’s courage. It’s about protecting your heart and moving forward with dignity toward the peace you truly deserve.” –Keanu Reeves
“They laugh at me because I’m different. I laugh at them because they’re all the same.” –Kurt Cobain, Lead Singer, Nirvana
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” –Winston Churchill
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only once.” –George RR Martin, Author, Game of Thrones
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth and power, but in character and goodness.” –Anne Frank
“We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.” –John McCain, Arizona senator. Presidential Candidate, POW in Vietnam*
“We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the efficiency of public schools, and the number of people who can and do read worthwhile books.” –WEB DuBois
“You never really understand a person until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it.” –Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Lock up your libraries if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” –Virginia Woolf
“Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity, and opportunity is there all the time.” –Earl Nightingale
“Most people don’t dream of being fancy-rich. I dream of being rich enough to say “Treat’s on me,” without thinking twice. Rich enough to have a home that feels like a hug, a fridge stocked like a five-year-old with adult money, a tray of chocolates waiting for someone to grab. Rich enough to quietly help a friend before they even have to ask. To send a care package when someone’s too tired to reach out. To buy all the pencils from a kid on the street so they can go home early. For me, the real moment isn’t about luxury–it’s about having enough money to turn ordinary moments into something extraordinary.” –Unknown
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them” –William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decent in an indecent society.” –Kurt Vonnegut
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in something to live for.” –Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody can want.” –Andy Warhol
Growing Up Hilt 