As a girl in college, it's easy to sometimes feel lost, confused, scared, or clueless. It's totally normal to feel that way! Some people find solace in working out, knitting, or reading. I find mine in quotes. Here are 29 quotes that every college girl needs to read right now:
On Life:
1. "There is no such thing as a hopeless situation. Every single circumstance of your life can change."- Ritu Ghatourey
2. “Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” - Virginia Woolf
3. Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up” - Jodi Picoult
4.“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” - Oscar Wilde
5 .“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt
6. "Women hold up half the sky" - Mao Zedong
7. “You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.” - Roman Payne
On Strength:
8. "Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved."- Mattie Stepanek
9. "A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."- Christopher Reeve
10. "Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it."- Winston Churchill
11. The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
On Courage:
12. "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."- Winston Churchill
13. "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."- T.S. Eliot
14. "Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love."- Ovid
15. "If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed."- David Viscott
On Love:
16. "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead."-Oscar Wilde
17. "You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."- Buddha
18. "Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself."- Andre Breton
19. "Once you truly believe you're worthy of love, you will never settle for anyone's second best treatment." - Charles J. Orlando
20. "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear." -Oscar Wilde
21. “I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”- Marilyn Monroe
22. "The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed."- Jiddu Krishnamurti
On Loss:
23. “Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” - Jose N. Harris
24. "The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost."- Gilbert K. Chesterson
25. "We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.” -Cassandra Clare
On Happiness:
26. "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."- Omar Khayyam
27."True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future."- Lucius Anneus Seneca
28. "Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."- Dennis Waitley
On Self-Acceptance:
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” -Gautama Buddha
