Quintessential Quotes

An ever-growing collection of quotes I have found to be fundamental to my lived experience, a significant source of deep emotional thought, and a fountain of knowledge for growth as an ethical human being.

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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but, people will never forget how you made them feel."

-Maya Angelou

"You're never too broken to be fixed."

-Jonathan Van Ness

"Change the world by being yourself."

-Amy Poehler

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

-Dalai Lama

"Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry."

-Rupi Kaur

"Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist."

-bell hooks

"I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all."

-Simone Biles

"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor."

-Eleanor Roosevelt

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."

-Dolly Parton

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

-C.S. Lewis

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