Quotes from Books

A woman who knows her worth is always irresistible.

The key to a man's heart is through a woman's confidence.

When you stop chasing men, they will start chasing you.

A woman who knows her worth is a woman men can't resist.

The key to a successful relationship is maintaining your individuality.

It's not about being a 'bitch'—it's about being confident and assertive.

It is always a pleasure to be able to say what is true.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

If I am really to be happy, I must be able to be of use to others.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

You are the creator of your own life.

What you think about, you bring about.

Your thoughts become things.

I cannot find myself. I cannot find myself.

The past is not dead; it is not even past.

History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

We are all a bit broken, but that is okay.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is just to be yourself.

Life is full of surprises and opportunities for happiness.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.

A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me.

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

I am my own master.

Even if I’m dying, until I actually die, I am still living.

I knew that if I didn’t have time to think, I wouldn’t have time to live.

Life is not about being perfect; it’s about being real.

The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.

I am haunted by humans.

Sometimes, I think of the book thief, and I ask myself, 'What would she do?

The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction.

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.

We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

I knew that if I didn’t do this, I would always wonder, what if?

It was so much more than a hike; it was a journey into my soul.

I had to make the decisions that were right for me.

I just want to be happy. I just want to be okay.

The only way to get through life is to let it happen.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is to just keep going.

Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.

Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.

The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times... The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.

Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.

Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over your consciousness.

You are one decision away from a completely different life.

The moment you hesitate is the moment you miss your chance.

You have the power to change your life in five seconds.

Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day.

The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

The future will be a world of tyrants or a world of free men.

History does not repeat, but it does instruct.

The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

The first person you lead is you.

Leadership is influence.

The greatest leadership challenge is not getting people to follow you, but getting them to believe in you.

You are the author of your own life story.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a story to be told.

We are all storytellers, and our lives are the stories we tell.

The way we see the problem is the problem.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.