Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times. Aimee Mullins beltcoasterconcede Change image and share on social
My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life. Agnetha Faltskog bigchildcountry Change image and share on social
It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them. Abraham Lincoln addbearbitter share on social
Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young. A. E. Housman choosedeadland Change image and share on social
Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love. Georges Bataille apparentcohesionecstasy Change image and share on social
Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting. Orson F. Whitney characterevidencefirm Change image and share on social
The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you. Yul Vazquez badchoosecome share on social
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Omar Khayyam happylifemoment Change image and share on social
I've learned in my life that you really don't know what's possible until you're already doing it. Liz Murray havelearnlife Change image and share on social
Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were bars, but you sort of snuck in and snuck out. Activism and gay pride simply didn't exist. I don't even think the word 'gay' was in existence. Larry Kramer activismbarbleak share on social