Category: Life Quotes

“The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.” – Joyce Carol Oates

“Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person’s stature is as large as one’s own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.” – Zadie Smith

“Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.” – Louisa May Alcott

“Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” – David Mitchell

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” – Dalai Lama VIV

“All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have no boundaries.” -Kathryn Stockett

“If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The truth is humbling, terrifying, and often exhilarating, it blows the doors off the hinges and fills the world with fresh air.” – Augusten Burroughs

“To free us from expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves — there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect.” – Joan Didion