Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

Warren G. Bennis

Therefore you can never lose hope--because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.

Cassandra Clare

Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That's its balance.

Osho

There's no quick or magical way to lose weight. You just have to do it the natural way - diet and exercise and stick to it - and be able to do it at your own pace.

Jordin Sparks

I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys: the smells of summer, the part of town I loved, a certain evening sky, Marie's dresses and the way she laughed.

Albert Camus

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.

W. Clement Stone

I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.

Anna Kendrick

Many of us Christians have become extremely skillful in arranging our lives so as to admit the truth of Christianity without being embarrassed by its implications. We arrange things so that we can get on well enough without divine aid, while at the same time ostensibly seeking it.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.

Johnny Depp

And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!

Jim Valvano

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Steve Biko

The pomp of death is far more terrible than death itself.

Nathaniel Lee