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20 Beautiful Quotes To Read When Life Gets Too Crazy

Sometimes you need a break.

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20 Beautiful Quotes To Read When Life Gets Too Crazy

Sometimes life isn’t always easy… especially when you’re in college. Through midterms, projects, presentations, and papers life can seem impossible and your stress level can go through the roof. Sometimes sadly your mental state can suffer in college because of all the things you have to complete in a short amount of time. Whenever you feel like life becomes too much that is a sure sign you need a break.

No matter where you are or what’s due in what class you need to stand back and take a little break. Sometimes the best way to take a little break is to read some beautiful words. Sometimes reading a few beautiful words can make your stress go away for a little and you start to feel better about everything going on in your life. So whenever you feel like life is a little too much to handle right now, read these quotes to feel better and take a little break.

  • “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.”-William W. Purkey
  • “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”-Paulo Coelho
  • “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”-John Lennon
  • “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”-Christian D. Larson
  • “Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is within you.”-Rumi
  • “Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.”-Max Ehrmanm
  • “Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.”-Jack Kerouac
  • “No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”-Virginia Woolf
  • “To be great, be whole; Exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you. Be whole in everything. Put all you are into the smallest thing you do. The whole moon gleams in every pool.”-Fernando Pessoa
  • You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”-Buddha
  • You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself.”-Geneen Roth
  • Just keep moving forward and don’t give a shit about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.”-Johnny Depp
  • “Here’s wishing you the smiles o’ life and not a single grumble.”-Irish Blessing
  • “A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.”-Unknown
  • “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”-William James Read
  • “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”-Carl Bard Read
  • “Rule #1 of life. Do what makes YOU happy.” – Unknown
  • “The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.”-Unknown
  • “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”-John Steinbeck
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