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18 Quotes To Open Your Mind And Inspire You

"Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall but wise words endure." - Edward Thorndike

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18 Quotes To Open Your Mind And Inspire You
Alexis Hiatt

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Sometimes when I watch a show or read a book, I find a quote that catches my attention. I keep a note in my phone of all the quotes that have piqued my interest and when I'm bored or need inspiration, I go through and look at all of them to see what I found interesting. Some of them are inspirational while others are funny. Overall, it's just a list of quotes that I'm drawn to. Here are some of the ones that I found most relatable to my life right now.

"The moment you think you've got it figured out, you're wrong." - Shooter

"If I wanted to be sober, I wouldn't have gotten drunk in the first place." - Rick and Morty

"Aging is a side effect of being alive in the first place." - Aubrey de Grey

"The best way to avenge the dead is to stay living." - Designated Survivor

"You're going to think that the pain will never end. But it will. But first, you have to let it all in. You have to let yourself drown in it. But then eventually, you'll start to swim." - The Vampire Diaries

"I'm afraid I didn't see it because I wasn't looking." - Batman vs. Superman

"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it wants to keep its edge." - The Game of Thrones

"Daylight won't protect you from anything. Bad things happen all the time; they don't wait until after dinner." - The Sea of Tranquility

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

"Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in...So you can waste your life drawing lines or you can live your life crossing them." - Grey's Anatomy

"People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up." - A Clash of Kings

"You can't drown your sorrows with tears." - Luke Cage

"We don't treat our lives with the attention they deserve." - The Bold Type

"Ignoring my feelings didn't make them go away. So, I decided to ignore my fears." - New Amsterdam

"You can't learn anything if you're talking." - Creed

"You can someday yourself out of a life." - A Million Little Things

"The only thing we can do as human beings is tell our stories. In the end, that is the only power we ever have." - Loud in the House of Myself

"You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them." - To Kill A Mockingbird

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