Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
Henry David Thoreaux
Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.
Alain de Botton
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell
You got to go down a lot of wrong roads to find the right one.
Bob Parson
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.
William James
Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out.
Katherine Dunham
A tree that is unbending is usually broken.
Lao Tzu
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Faith looks up.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Babe Ruth
The fears we don’t face become our limits.
Amy Elizabeth
Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears.
Demi Lovato
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
Seneca
Life is 10% what you experience and 90% how you respond to it.
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
Everything you can imagine is real.
Pablo Picasso
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Robert H. Schuller
One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day. Similarly, one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.
Aristotle
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
C.S. Lewis
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Nelson Mandela
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.
Robert Downey Jr.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier and simpler.
Friedrich Nietzsche
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Maya Angelou
If you don’t stand for something, you will stand for anything.
Gordon Eadie
Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.
Eckhart Tolle
It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.
Dalai Lama
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.
Vivian Greene
Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever.
Charles Xavier
Just keep going like crazy and look back when it’s over. Otherwise, you just get confused.
Cliff Burton
Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.
Zig Ziglar
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford
You have power over your mind―not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus Aurelius
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.
Nora Robert
We generate fears when we sit. We overcome them by action.
Dr. Henry Link
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
Michel de Montaigne
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
Louisa May Alcott
Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.
John Gay
When you’re feeling lost, take heart. It’s just your brain gathering the information it needs to make good decisions.
Josh Kaufman
The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.
Roy T. Bennett
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
Dale Carnegie
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
Alan Alda
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
Ernest Hemingway
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Napoleon Hill
Just remember – when you think all is lost, the future remains.
Robert H. Goddard
Be patient with all that is unresolved within your heart, and try to love the questions.
Rainer Maria Rilke
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I think there is something very consoling in feeling lost in space but also feeling grounded, and seeing that all of this is part of a bigger clockwork
Wolfgang Tillmans
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