Have you ever heard something that stuck with you? Something that broke through the turbulence in your life? Something that gave you hope when you had none or allowed you to laugh after a time when you couldn't?
The best thing about the internet is the ability to find words of wisdom from other people for whatever situation you are in.
Here are some quotes to not only live by but ones that will bring a smile to your face.
1. "Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost." - Gerard Abrams
2. "When the devil keeps on asking you to look at your past, there must be something in the future he doesn't want you to see." - Unknown
3. "We are all broken, that's how the light gets in." - Ernest Hemingway
4. "Let your hopes not your hurts shape your future." - Robert H. Schuller
5. "Never do the same mistake twice. Unless he's hot." - Unknown
6. "Meeting you was like listening to a song for the first time and knowing it would be my favorite." - Unknown
7. "Friends come and go like waves of the ocean...but the true ones stick, like an octopus on your face." - Unknown
8. "Great things never came from comfort zones." - Ben Francia
9. "New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings..." - Lao Tzu
10. "The three C's in life: Choice, chance, change. You must make the choice, to take the chance, if you want anything in life to change." - Unknown
11. "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates
12. "It's ok to be scared. Being scared means you're about to do something really, really brave." - Dr. Amalina
13. "The hardest step she ever took was to blindly trust in who she was." - Atticus
14. "That's the problem with putting others first; you've taught them you come second." - Unknown
15. "Never regret being a good person, to the wrong people. Your behavior says everything about you, and their behavior says enough about them." - Marc and Angel
16. "Tears are words the heart can't say." - Unknown
17. "You're afraid to tell people how you feel because it will destroy them, so you bury it deep inside yourself where it destroys you." - Unknown
18. "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me." - Al Capone
19. "Stop hating yourself for everything you aren't and start loving yourself for everything you already are." - Unknown
20. "You did not wake up to be mediocre." - Kal Barteski
21. "My goals don't stop for anyone. Either you support me or I make it happen alone. Either way it's going to happen." - Unknown
22. "Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life." - Unknown
23. "Never allow yourself to be defined by someone else's opinion of you." - Tina Fey
24. "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain
25. "I saw a guy at Starbucks today. No iPhone, no tablet, no laptop. He just sat there. Drinking coffee. Like a psychopath." - Unknown
Each and every quote listed has helped me through one thing or another. They have given me hope, allowed me to laugh after a hard day, or let me know that I wasn't alone in what I was feeling.
I hope that in sharing them with you they will brighten your day and help you, even if only in a small way.