Month: May 2026

“Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.” – Barbara Kingsolver

“Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens

“I read somewhere how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong…but to feel strong.” – Jon Krakauer

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway

“There are two ways of exerting one’s strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.” – Booker T. Washington

“It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.” – Iris Murdoch

“Do your best and trust that others do their best. And be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa

“Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.” – Cheryl Strayed

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along”…You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt