"Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt"
"Some people are made of stone, others just pretend to be"
'There's always a moral, always a meaning, always a concept that's been left demeaning, two sides and the true side is deceiving, like the right thing to do left with the wrong feeling..' - Zaffer Hussain.
'Life's for living, not worrying' - Hannah Vernon Daly.
“I believe there are certain moments that occur in a person’s life that act as catalysts of self destruction, causing them to move from one extreme to another. However, when least expected revelations take place... helping them to find that middle ground, & find themselves again!” – Nailah Rena Lone.
“Practice what you preach! ...Don't point the finger at someone if your own hands aren't clean!” – Nailah Rena Lone.
'Every opportunity has a shelf life..' - Burlesque.
‘Dream It, Earn It, Live It!’ – Fame.
“Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free 'til they find someone just as wild to run with them.” - Carrie Bradshaw (SATC)
"Show a man what he expects to see, and he won't look beneath the surface." – Catwoman.
"..It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you" - Batman Begins.
"Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up" - Batman Begins.
"Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a f*cked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours." - Enternal sunshine of the spotless mind.
"Every action has a reaction" – Shank.
'Fake it until you make it. Act good until you are good. Practice confidence until you're confident, be patient even when it's killing you, consider yourself interesting until you truly believe you are, and eventually you won't be faking it anymore -you'll be living it.' - Janice Dickinson.
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.' - Coco Chanel.
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” - Coco Chanel.
“We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.” - Yves Saint Laurent.
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."- Marilyn Monroe.
‘A wise girl kisses, but doesn’t love. Listens but doesn’t believe, & leaves before she is left’ – Marilyn Monroe.
“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else” - Judy Garland.
"How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself." - Anais Nin.
"We were meant to survive because of our minds ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue..." - Anchee Min.
'Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.' - Barack Obama.
'live without pretending, love without depending, listen without defending & speak without offending' - Drake.
'The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot of obstacles removed from their path by others. It develops from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber' - William Mather Lewis
"Who are we, if not a combination of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Each life is an encyclopaedia, a library, an inventory of objects, a series of styles, and everything can be constantly reshuffled and reordered in every conceivable way." - Italo Calvino, Six Memos for the Next Millennium.
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” - Ralph Walso Emerson.
"I've learned that things change, people change, and it doesn't mean you forget the past or try to cover it up. It simply means that you move on and treasure the memories. Letting go doesn't mean giving up... it means accepting that some things weren't meant to be." - Lisa Brooks.
'If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, then it was never meant to be.'
‘Always forgive, never forget. Learn from your mistakes, but never regret’.
"Every sinner has a future, every saint has a past"
'Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.’ - Alexander Pope.
'Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.' - Khaled Hosseini. (A Thousand Splendid Suns)
'Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.' - Lao-Tze
