“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” ― Maya Angelou

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” ― Maya Angelou

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” ― Charlotte Brontë

“Seven Deadly Sins 

Wealth without work 
Pleasure without conscience 
Science without humanity 
Knowledge without character 
Politics without principle 
Commerce without morality 
Worship without sacrifice.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.” ― Robert Frost

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one” ― Bruce Lee

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” ― Maya Angelou

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ― E.E. Cummings

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” ― Nora Ephron

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” ― Coco Chanel

“He that can have patience can have what he will.” ― Benjamin Franklin

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ― A.A. Milne

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” ― Molière

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” ― E.E. Cummings

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” ― Tom Bodett

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ― George Burns

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ― Leo Tolstoy

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ― Lao Tzu

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.” ― Sarah Dessen

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost

“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.” ― George R.R. Martin

“Fear cuts deeper than swords.” ― George R.R. Martin

“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.” ― Veronica Roth

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston Churchill

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” ― André Gide

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss

“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.” ― Paulo Coelho

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela

Become a world changer...

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ― Leo Tolstoy

Change yourself... Before you can change the world...

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead

“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” - Steve Martin