149 Motivational Quote Ideas

In the hustle and bustle of daily life, we all need a little push to keep moving forward. Whether you're facing a challenging moment or simply need a dose of inspiration to start your day, motivational quotes can be the spark that ignites your inner drive. Our carefully curated collection of 149 motivational quote ideas is here to uplift your spirit and provide the encouragement you need. From timeless wisdom to modern insights, these quotes serve as a beacon of positivity, guiding you toward personal growth and success. Dive in and let these words empower you on your journey to greatness.

1. “She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.” - W. Somerset Maugham

2. “A simple child. That lightly draws its breath. And feels its life in every limb. What should it know of death?” - William Wordsworth

3. “Naten s'kisha gjume, me mbyste pendimi, kot thone qe pendimi te lehteson.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky

4. “Lere pastaj qe ka dhe jo pak pasunare qe s'i pelqen te degjojne ankimet me ze te larte te varfanjakeve. Se, sigurisht, i shqetesojne, i bezdisin me ankesat pa fund. Po, moj shpirt, varferia kurdohere e bezdisshme eshte. Ja ç'eshte, Varenjka. Renkimet e te uriturve, klithmat e zemerplasurve u prishin gjumin ca zoterinjve.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky

5. “He who does not know how to believe, should not know.” - Antonio Porchia

6. “Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.” - William Barclay

7. “Maybe love is thinking that every time your partner does or says something mundane that you want to start a Mexican wave from here to Uzbekistan in utter delight.” - Cecelia Ahern

8. “When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?” - Marilyn Manson

9. “Always stand up for what you believe in…even if it means standing alone.” - Kim Hanks

10. “Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings” - Samuel Johnson

11. “The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.” - Karl Lagerfeld

12. “Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.” - Karl Lagerfeld

13. “I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.” - Karl Lagerfeld

14. “I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.” - Karl Lagerfeld

15. “I don’t want any of this. I just want to be what I was before you showed up here and all hell broke loose. I want to be popular and dating the hottest guy in school. Now I’m none of those things, and I’m a human who has scary visions and don’t know what to do about any of it.” - Kristin Cast

16. “Carry out your literary dream, no matter how unlikely it may seem...” - Terry a O'Neal

17. “In great literature, I become a thousand different men but still remain myself.” - C.S. Lewis

18. “Molly was arrested. Possession.” I blinked at him. “She was possessed?” - Jim Butcher

19. “Like “love,” “hope” is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer.” - Jim Butcher

20. “You wearing a thigh sheath?”“Now what would be the sense of wearing just one? I have two thighs.” - Lisa Shearin

21. “There are times that people can be so blinded by what they want IT to be, that whatever reality they perceieve it SHOULD be, they lose.” - Jared Matthew Kessler

22. “The Epistle of our being is written with letters full of blood drained from the love of God's Word.” - Sorin Cerin

23. “For most people life is not a fairy tale, it is an adventure.” - Ana Monnar

24. “Anticipation is sometimes more exciting than actual events.” - Ana Monnar

25. “At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling period wisdom sets in; finally, the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.” - Ana Monnar

26. “Will you love me enough?” - Ana Monnar

27. “With age comes wisdom and with wisdom comes age. I guess I too am growing older.” - Amanda L. Moritz

28. “Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just don’t want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.” - Laurell K. Hamilton

29. “Anybody can fail.” - M.G. Hardie

30. “Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other, at least not deliberately. We trust his or her good intentions, though we know we might be hurt by the way circumstances play out between us. We might say that hurt happens; it’s a given of life. Harm is inflicted; it’s a choice some people make.” - David Richo

31. “Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.” - Laura Bush

32. “No thought is a stupid thought, those who are thoughtless are thought of as stupid.” - Nate Spears

33. “Any hand can condem, but it takes a helping hand to build.” - Nate Spears

34. “Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans — it’s up to you.” - Karl Lagerfeld

35. “Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can't name the tune.” - Deepak Chopra

36. “Oh, do you, Milo? You’re so selfish. You don’t see the bigger picture.” “What’s the bigger picture?” “You’re still here looking for handouts. Who’s going to take care of me?” “I’m on my knees here, Mom. Not for me, for my family. For my wife. For a beautiful grandson you have totally ignored.” “He’s kind of a brat. I’ll be in his life when he gets a little impulse control.” “He’s not even four.” “I have needs. I’m tired of this child-worshipping culture. You’re just a slave to it, Milo.” “I’m only trying to be a decent dad.” “Don’t waste your time. It’s not in your genes. Besides, try making some money. That might be a good dad move. For heaven’s sake, the system’s rigged for white men and you still can’t tap in.” “You’re right, Mom. What can I say? But still, it would mean a lot to me if you made a little more of an effort with Bernie.” “Bernie schmernie. This is my decade.” “Okay, you wrinkled old spidercunt, have it your way.” - Sam Lipsyte

37. “Lee was my father’s lawyer, a mensch. But he’s been very sick. Cancer. Pancreatic.” “That’s one of the worst. A killer.” “Yes, the ones that kill you are definitely the worst. [...]” - Sam Lipsyte

38. “I felt as though I were snorting cocaine, or rappelling down a cliffside, or cliffsurfing off a cliff of pure cocaine.” - Sam Lipsyte

39. “As Samson demonstrated, going bald ruins lives.” - Brendan Jack

40. “Laws of nature have no physical properties of mass /energy. They are platonic truths in transcendent realm that create & govern the Universe.” - Deepak Chopra

41. “I write a lot of songs about love and I think that’s because to me love seems like this huge complicated thing. But it seems like every once in a while, two people get it figured out, two people get it right. And so I think the rest of us, we walk around daydreaming about what that might be like. To find that one great love, where all of a sudden everything that seemed to be so complicated, became simple. And everything that used to seem so wrong all of a sudden seemed right because you were with the person who made you feel fearless.” - Taylor Swift

42. “When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself.” - David Leavitt

43. “People may be persuaded that the machine is doing good. In fact, good is only capable of being done on a small scale. Evil is more versatile. You can hate those you have never seen, all the vast multitudes of them, but you can only love those you know — and that with difficulty.” - John Christopher

44. “I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.” - Paolo Bacigalupi

45. “I know a lie when I hear one.” - Adrian Mitchel

46. “I like black for clothes, small items, and jewelry. It's a color that can't be violated by any other colors. A color that simply keeps being itself. A color that sinks more somberly than any other color, yet asserts itself more than all other colors. It's a passionate gallant color. Anything is wonderful if it transcends things rather than being halfway...” - Yana Toboso

47. “Just being a human being, I’ve realized that before every big problem you create for yourself, before every huge mess you have to clean up, there was a crucial moment where you could’ve just said no.” - Taylor Swift

48. “There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you’re going to fall in love with. You never know who’s going to come into your life – and for me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don’t think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I’m with them.” - Taylor Swift

49. “There are two different categories of love. The first category is called a fairytale. The second category of love is called just another lesson” - Taylor Swift

50. “It's a blip, not a catastrophe.” - Donald Trump

51. “Never live what you see. Never follow what you know.” - Lissette E. Manning

52. “Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.” - Deepak Chopra

53. “Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.” - Aaron Cohen

54. “Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.” - Karl Lagerfield

55. “Life is fragile and temporary. The faces of today quickly become the faces of the past. Sorrow, pain, and anger... it all fades- except love. Love is forever and there after, even when we've fallen to our graves.” - Lee Argus

56. “Create your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.” - Anna Wintour

57. “I wish I could say we all lived happily ever after. I can't. But I can say we lived. Our love for Nate lives, and he's left us this piece of himself in his art; it was his gift to us. We know him through his art, and I can take comfort in that. I guess the thing about high school is, it's the moment when you start to cross from a being a kid to being an adult, and this journey to know yourself begins. Nate's journey ended to early, and I thought I had to run away to some far-off land to start mine. But, for now, it seems to me that I have enough to explore right here. There's a whole continent to discover in myself, and I know that it's love - love for my parents, my friends, my brother, and my art - that will guide me. Love will be my map.” - Lisa Ann Sandell

58. “Love is God’s medicine.” ~ Amunhotep El Bey” - Amunhotep El Bey

59. “I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say. "Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real.” - Suzanne Collins

60. “I read this on the gates to a village cemetery: What you are, we used to be. What we are, you’re going to be. — It puts things in perspective, doesn’t it?” - Ivana Hruba

61. “Tersenyumlah walaupun beban itu terasa berat. Apapun derita yang tengah kau hadapi kini, percayalah, waktu kan buatmu mengerti...” - Irin Sintriana

62. “Syukurilah semua pemberian-Nya. Baik kesedihan maupun kebahagiaan, semua itu adalah pembaik bagi kehidupan kita.” - Irin Sintriana

63. “Nothing's ever gone. We fool ourselves that things fade, but they never do.” - Nalini Singh

64. “the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter.” - Julia Quinn

65. “People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.” - Vanna Bonta

66. “Terlambat lebih baik daripada tidak sama sekali.” - Irin Sintriana

67. “The risk is too great. A man cannot place too much faith in any one thing, neither a woman, nor a horse, nor a weapon, nor any single thing.” - Michael Crichton

68. “We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy — the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial — carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, Grey Knights. We have already won." ~Justicar Alaric” - Ben Counter

69. “On DreamsOnly one thing supersedes the importance of thinking about a better tomorrow. It's taking action today.” - Vincent Lowry

70. “I am Cinna's bird, ignited, flying frantically to escape something inescapable. The feathers of flame that grow from my body. Beating my wings only fans the blaze. I consume myself, but to no end.Finally, my wings begin to falter, I lose height, and gravity pulls me into a foamy sea the color of Finnick's eyes. I float on my back, which continues to burn beneath the water, but the agony quiets to pain. When I am adrift and unable to navigate, that's when they come. The dead.The ones I loved fly as birds in the open sky above me. Soaring, weaving, calling to me to join them. I want so badly to follow them, but the seawater saturates my wings, making it impossible to lift them. The ones I hated have taken to the water, horrible scaled things that tear my salty flesh with needle teeth. Biting again and again. Dragging me beneath the surface.The small white bird tinged in pink dives down, buries her claws in my chest, and tries to keep me afloat."No, Katniss! No! You can't go!"But the ones I hated are winning, and if she clings to me, she'll be lost as well. "Prim, let go!" And finally she does.” - Suzanne Collins

71. “Neither sleet nor rain nor a half inch of snow will compel me to dress like a lumberjack.” - Gayle Forman

72. “No mortal man could frighten him, no more than the darkness could, nor the bones of his soul, the grey and grisly bones of his soul.” - George R.R. Martin

73. “Faith is the poetry of our dreams; action is the builder of our reality.” - Steve Maraboli

74. “eat whatever you meet along the way.If you come late don't eat but wack yours with hers.” - christian Thogolith

75. “Aku ingin melihatmu tertawa dan bahagia karenaku.” - Irin Sintriana

76. “If you choose to spend an hour every day tinkering with your Facebook profile, or if you don’t see any difference between reading Jane Austen on a Kindle and reading her on a printed page, or if you think Grand Theft Auto IV is the greatest Gesamtkunstwerk since Wagner, I’m very happy for you, as long as you keep it to yourself.” - Jonathan Franzen

77. “Nope, you stick out like a fart in a church.” - James Patterson

78. “To be a highflier and a name to conjure with, you must decide your dimension, plan your path, master the moment, focus on the future, determine your degree, push your persistence and leadyour life.” - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

79. “I Know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am So if you don't like it, Tough!” - Britney Spears

80. “Be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it.” - Nicole Scherzinger

81. “Do something that surprises yourself cause if you don't surprise yourself, you're not going to surprise anybody else.” - Logan Henderson

82. “Find your passion and run with it. Anything is possible.” - Kendall Schmidt

83. “Your Treasure House is in yourself, it contains all you need” - Hui Hai

84. “They want to control humankind through what they call selective breeding. The Nazis started it, but now the nwo are continuing it. See, the only way to control population is to first get it back down to manageable size. They're culling the herd, same way the game commission does when deer population gets out of control. That's why we've got diseases like cancer and aids. You telling me that we can put a little goddamn skateboard-looking robot on Mars and have it send pictures back, but we can't find a cure for cancer? There's a cure. You can bet on that, boys. There's a goddamn cure. They just won't release it because cancer helps cut down the population.” - Brian Keene

85. “Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.” - Jill Telford

86. “Could the two people who are making out please be quiet?" the Colonel asked loudly from his sleeping bag. "Those of us who are not making out are drunk and tired.” - John Green

87. “Hire new field systems maintainer" was near the top of my to-do list, right under "uncover massive political conspiracy," "avenge Buffy's death," and "don't die.” - Mira Grant

88. “I know what ails you.” - Tom Lucas

89. “Fate's got a fucking sick sense of humor. Fate is a shape-shifter. It's the kindest and most generous entity imaginable, laying out more goodness than a person deserves, and then it shrinks and curls and forms into something grotesque. You think its one thing, but then its another.” - Deb Caletti

90. “I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure” - Paulo Coelho

91. “Maukah kamu membuka hatimu dan belajar untuk menyukaiku?” - Irin Sintriana

92. “Nothing is Impossible. The word "impossible" itself reads "I'm Possible"!” - Mayor A. Lan

93. “My God,' he gasped, 'you're fun to kiss.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

94. “Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step.” - Stephenie Meyer

95. “Sully's, on South Prospect, was the quintessential biker-bar, complete with hefty, leather-clad Harley worshippers, and stringy-haired heroin-addicted women who made the rounds among the bikers. Its décor was decidedly Medieval Garage Sale, with a dose of Americana thrown in. An old motorcycle carcass dangled from the vaulted section of the beamed ceiling, and the wood plank floors were littered with butts, scarred by bottle caps and splattered with homogenized bodily fluids. The only light to be had was from neon, dying sconces, and lit cigarettes. Various medieval swords perched on each wall, reminiscent of the times of Beowulf and Fire Dragons on the Barrow.” - Kelli Jae Baeli

96. “That's the thing with keeping up appearances, Rose; people will do anything to get one and anything to keep one.” - Skyla Madi

97. “Life can be hard in the real world.” - Jenny B. Jones

98. “She was crushed by society like a mosquito fending for its unborn young” - Owen Jones

99. “Time is a watchful adversary, who waits enduringly for that merciless hour, hurrying to work the hands of separation.” - Kelly Vang

100. “One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.” - Amaya Ellman

101. “An opportunity, no matter how small it is, is still worth a golden chance. So take it or have regrets for the rest of your life.” - Francisca Olivia

102. “Letting go is impossible when you're holding a grudge." -Faydra D. Fields” - Faydra D. Fields

103. “Be careful what you tell me. You could end up in my next novel.” - P.C. Zick

104. “If you find yourself cutting corners, go in a circle instead” - Benny Bellamacina

105. “Mee and Ow sat in the shade of a mango tree and were doing their make-up. Both of them wore gloves that reached all the way up to their elbows, to keep the tropical sun off their skins. They looked briefly at Maier, with the curiosity usually reserved for a passing dog. It was too early for professional enthusiasm.” - Tom Vater

106. “Melihat orang yang kamu sayangi terluka jauh lebih menyakitkan daripada merasakan luka itu sendiri.” - Irin Sintriana

107. “Seandainya saja takdir mempertemukan kita kembali, izinkan aku memelukmu walau hanya sekali, izinkan aku untuk mengakui bahwa aku mencintaimu.” - Irin Sintriana

108. “A clever quote opens new paths in the minds of the clever!” - Mehmet Murat ildan

109. “I would make a HORRIBLE outlaw. I can plan the crime perfectly, but I'd also need to plan the outcomes to make it work.” - Michelle M. Pillow

110. “We should love, not fall in love, because everything that falls, gets broken.” - Taylor Swift

111. “Always tell yourself that you are as good as anyone that breathes; that you have two hands and a brain, and a little time in which to use them. But they are enough, and no one has any more. And if you train and force them to serve you well, you can reach any height to which you aspire. But to waste any of them is to betray yourself.” - Robert Stroud

112. “It is not against reason, said the Englishman, to prefer the destruction of the world to a scratch on your finger – how much easier to understand the same price for the gash in your soul.” - Paul Hoffman

113. “Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond who you were.” - Jonathan Anthony Burkett

114. “Any society that produces twice as many lawyers as it does poets and preachers is doomed.” - John Fogarty

115. “The house was left; the house was deserted. It was left like a shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains now that life had left it. The long life seemed to have set in; the trifling airs, nibbling, the clammy breaths, fumbling, seemed to have triumphed. ..” - Virginia Woolf

116. “Falling into true love, is not taking a rope to climb out” - Benny Bellamacina

117. “Funny how a little sleep, a little makeup, and a lot of contemplating can make you feel like a different person - a stronger version of yourself.” - Anna Banks

118. “Sometimes you want to remember. And sometimes you need to forget.” - Lisa Schroeder

119. “There was balance, harsh and violent like the noxious air in a swamp. But balance, nonetheless. Then somewhere in the fickle mists of creation came humanity, clawing and afraid, grasping and ambitious. Enveloped in a dangerous world, these creatures lived as scavengers; afraid of the greater things of the world. They were beset by disease, lack of claws or fangs, and the lack of habitat to call their own. Lefeyhdie had not provided any particular prey or plant for them to eat. These fleshy, naked beings were doomed to die of attrition. Curiously, these beings never stopped Doing, or Thinking. Breeding to strengthen their numbers. Sharpening rocks, shaping wood, gathering leaves and sticks for clothing and shelter. Eventually they had settlements of great number, crude but effective tools of war. Ancient forces began to pay attention to the growing incursion, plaguing them, slaying stragglers at night. But still the humans held on to the edge of the precipice, knuckles white with effort'.” - T.P. Grish

120. “Preserve your own mystery. We live in an age of social media and what seems like extreme sharing of personal details. I would beg to differ that these revelations are not honest truths but more self-branding. Whatever the case, save a little bit, or a lot, for yourself. If you run around naked all the time, when the storm hits, you’ll have no raincoat.” - Susan Kirschbaum

121. “Because I know what I feel in here. And I'm not the type of person to run from anything, no matter how hard it is. I'd rather face-plant against a brick wall than live for the rest of my life wondering what could've been. And you know what? I didn't think you were that type to run, either. Maybe I was wrong.” - Jennifer Armentrout

122. “May our eyes focus rightly on Christ ... before the need to please others, before church, and before the busyness of Christian life. Those things will surely have their place, but they will be most valuable if put in their proper position.” - Traci LaRussa

123. “inspiration is not a thing, its every thing, open your eyes and inspiration is everywhere.” - L.L. Caulton

124. “We need space to be productive, we need places to go to be free.” - Laure Lacornette

125. “Make every kiss a celebration, throw a party for every one.” - Ali Harris

126. “Do kisses fade like Polaroid pictures if you don't pay attention to them?” - Ali Harris

127. “Have you ever given yourself to a kiss so completely, that you felt like you surrendered some of yourself and replaced it with a part of them?” - Ali Harris

128. “Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man.” - Louis C.K.

129. “There are rules to the game but I don’t believe that we need to be bound by them. If it feels appropriate to follow the rules, then by all means, follow them. If it feels better to break the rules, be creative and do it.” - Anne-Rae Vasquez

130. “Stop worrying about life, no one survived it.” - A.J. Shazad

131. “Many years ago, I left my home country very narrow minded. Today I return with an educated mind, able to understand why my culture is as it is and still be very proud of it.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

132. “We should all celebrate the magnitude of diverse and unique souls that live in our world today, for it is an essence that makes our lives colourful every singleday.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

133. “Do not fear to find yourself among strangers.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

134. “Then I learnt of “white Christmas”, which again I found very peculiar since we always have a white Christmas at home for it never passes by without eating rice. That is our white Christmas.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

135. “What are the lessons intended in the stories we tell to our children today?” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

136. “She refuses to support the slogan - Men are equal to women - if this translates to her femininity being faded out or confused by trying to please a selfish idea of anyone wanting a woman to be both herself and a man.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

137. “To be a woman is not a weakness.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

138. “She is a woman, how can you confuse her for a man?” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

139. “To eat Ugali is an art of adventure in itself. Forget cutlery because all you need is your lovely fingers.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

140. “A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

141. “You will experience a lot of imaginings as usually is for humans although we tend to pretend that all our thoughts are septic and moral. Feelcomfortable with your thoughts. Trust me dear child, no human is spared from wild thoughts and you too will have them. Nothing should limit you my child. But the minute you decide to speak out your thinking or live them, you should be ready for the consequences too.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

142. “May the economic discrimination you impose on your own people bloat your mind. That polluted rubbish occupyingyour mind-set needs to be swept clean. May the disgusted look you impose on those you judge poor burn your eyes.That evil look occupying your clear vision needs to land in the bin. May that shameful attitude you impose on those you wish to feel lesser bring your soul to restlessness. That fake character you display needs to be thrown out of the window.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

143. “My thick and full lips shall pout their African ancestry until all sorrows are kissed out of me.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

144. “I do not condemn either the rich or the poor, but the consequences of these two.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

145. “Then I saw his kind eyes, a comfort I desired. Then I saw his height, a knight I needed by my side. Then I saw his body, a man I surrendered to.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

146. “Right now in this world, a child is dying from an ailment because its family cannot afford to buy charcoal for boiling water.Right now in this world, a girl is striving to find firewood from trees that no more exist, and water from sources that are poisonous.Right now in this world, a boy is out fishing in a lake rich with inedible species.Right now in this world, a mother is drowning in heavy rainfall, to save her belongings.Right now in this world, a man has lost his dignity because all his eff orts to save have been wiped away to poverty by unforeseen calamities.Right now in this world, a family is starving because drought has invaded their once fertile land.Right now in this world, a nation is planning for refugee status due to adverse climate conditions.Right now in this world, you have a choice to help alleviate environmental problems caused by humankind.” - Gloria D. Gonsalves

147. “Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.” - Mark Twain

148. “They are my men and this ship my responsibility. I vowed no woman would ever alter my path. Yet I kept them from ending you, and it makes me sick to the gut, for I would still rather die myself than see one hair on your head damaged by another man.” - Saskia Walker

149. “I believe being a ‘gentleman’ goes well beyond holding the door for a girl and letting her go before you. It’s about being vulnerable for her. I think that when it comes to the way we treat women, it’s a good idea to look to the way Jesus treated women. He laid His life down for His bride,He sacrificed for her,He lowered Himself for her,He was vulnerable for her.We must love women vulnerably in the same way that Jesus loved His bride vulnerably. Being a gentleman is far more than being caring and thoughtful, it’s about possessing sacrificial and vulnerable Christ-like characteristics. I don’t know if it’s possible to be a gentleman without knowing and representing the character of Jesus.” - Cole Ryan