Inspirational Quotes Illustrated by Lesley Riley

To be that self which one truly is.

SØREN KIERKEGAARD

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Time is not a line, but a series of now points.

TAISEN DESHIMARU

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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

PEARL BAILEY

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I desired to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught, to accept as true my own thinking. This was one of the best times in my life.

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE

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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

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Don’t ever let anyone build your world for you. They always build it too small.

HOLLY DEAN

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Life begets energy. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that we become rich.

SARAH BERNHARDT

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Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?

IAN WALLACE

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It doesn’t happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time.

MARGERY WILLIAMS

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In life as in dance, Grace glides on blistered feet.

ALICE ABRAMS

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Each thing she learned became a part of herself to be used over and over in new adventures.

KATE SEREDY

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I don’t want to be a passenger in my own life.

DIANE ACKERMAN