Originally Posted By travelchannel
Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.
Andrew Zimmern (via rainydaysandblankets)
(Source: travelchannel, via awelltraveledwoman)
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Originally Posted By theselittlewondersstillremain
Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.
Rae Smith (via theselittlewondersstillremain)
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Originally Posted By kari-shma
In this world, there is nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there is also nothing more rewarding.
“The Inner Circle” by Brad Meltzer (via kari-shma)
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Originally Posted By crookedindifference
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, during his Reddit AMA (March 01, 2012)
(Source: crookedindifference, via beyondtheoath)
Originally Posted By idledancer
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as the expectation of something better tomorrow.
Orison Swett Marden (via idledancer)
Originally Posted By idledancer
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.
Warren Buffett (via idledancer)
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Originally Posted By scout
I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.
Roger Ebert (via scout)
Originally Posted By thefameofhealthandfitness
Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.
John R. Wooden (via wildernessbound)
(Source: thefameofhealthandfitness, via awelltraveledwoman)
The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.
Lewis Thomas
Originally Posted By the-random-quotes
And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln (via idledancer)
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