Hello, fellow Dollars. I have noticed an alarming amount of dark and depressing threads on this category. Well that's to be expected, I guess. I have also noticed some people taking steps to add some positivity to this category. I will be adding to that positivity by sharing some inspirational quotes daily. Everyone is welcome to share their inspirational quotes as well. It can be in the form of a picture or typed out, however you wish to do it. And ff possible, cite the person you are quoting unless it's an image, or you cannot find who said the quote. Finally, if you do take the time out of your day to contribute to this thread, I offer my humble gratitude.
- Silas Dane

"There's no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can't gain anything without losing something first. Although, if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. That's right, a heart made fullmetal." - Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

The image on the first post did not load correctly, apologies for that. Here it is again.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
~ Lao Tzu

Arnold Schwarzenegger
The 6 rules to success:
1. Trust yourself
2. Break some rules
3. Don't be afraid to fail
4. Ignore The Naysayers
5. Work like hell
6. Give something back

:)

"Fear is not evil, it tells you what your weakness is and once you know your weakness you can become stronger"

Don't let anyone, ever, tell you you're not living your life "as you should".

Just cause you're crazy doesn't mean that you're free.

Count your blessings, not your flaws.

"Life will continue, in the midst of a series of 'incidents'. The unseen future is frightening, but regret is a thing of the past. However, when you put yourself in the future of the past, you become so blinded that you cannot see the present."
- Satou Nanki: Ichigo's School ("Ichigo no Gakkou")

Don't just think about the ones you have lost. You can't get back what you have lost. What is it that you still have ?
-Jinbei (One Piece)

"i've noticed, that even people who say life is predestined, look before they cross the road"
-stephan hawking

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." -Neil Gaiman

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding."

~Proverbs 3:5

>>11

It is bad to externalize your power in such a way. Draw power from within.

"To know a minute's value, ask the man who has just missed his bus."

-Bernard Werber

>>12 Nah..it always works for me..^_^

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you're doing the impossible." -Francis of Assisi

"A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning."
-James Dickey

"The countries? The skies? You can have them. I'm too bust protecting what's in front of me. I don't know what you happen to me in the future, but when something falls at my feet, the least I can do is pick it up." -Gintoki Sakata

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." -Confucius

"I told you bastards already, you have two options:
1) Help me achieve my dreams. I will be your Captain in a sense, and you all will be my crew. I will tear everyone who gets in your way, as well.
2) Get the f#ck out of my way. If choosing not to follow me, then leave my sights. 

Either way, I will continue on this path. I will rape and pillage every damn thing, be it test scores, exams, sports, school, people.-

I will destroy everything.
F#cking watch me as I do it."

-KQ Reborn

"You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens." -Mandy Hale

"If you look for the light you can often find it. If you look for the dark, that is all you'll ever see." -Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

"Thousands of candles can be lighted by a single candle, and the life of that candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." -Buddha

Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, but today is a gift; why it is called present.
Master Oogway, kung fu panda.

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." -Mahatma Gandhi

"You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one." -Unknown

In order to succeed, your desire to success must be greater than your fear of failure

"Keep moving forward." -Monty Oum

"All my life I thought air was free until I bought a bag of chips."
-anonymous quote posting person

"people keep on telling me to not bite off more than I can chew. but i'd rather choke on greatness than nibble on mediocrity. " - The internet has spoken.

"If you focus on results you will never change. If you focus on change you will get results." -Jack Dixon

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

"Takes a thousand minutes to make a friend, but it takes one minute to make a thousand enemies".
- BALALAIKA

“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.”


― Muhammad Ali

"It is better to have loved and to have lost than tried to take over Russia in the middle of winter." I think that was Stalin.

>>36 That sh#t right there is funny, my friend.
Could've sworn it was Napoleon for some other thing....

'To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing' -Elbert Hubbard

It depends how you view it, I chose to get the optimistic view of this quote. I've pretty much lived with these words and always kept them in mind during my highschool years. Thank you, Hubbard!

^

"Worrying won't stop the bad days from happening it just stops you from enjoying what's good."

"Mistakes don't exist; only lessons do."

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." -Sam Levenson

"If you want to enjoy life, expand your world. You gotta push your horizons out as far as they'll go." - Sanae Hanekoma, The World Ends With You

Speak from your heart and never compromise what you feel is real-Childish Gambino

The day that I decided that I was gonna fight hard to the bitter end was the day I found that there are no ends.


"Keep it moving!"

"Keep it forward!"

"Keep it pushing!"

"You wanna know who's awesome? Read the first word of this comment." -Aidan Miller

"An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it's going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming." -unknown

"If you are going through hell, keep going." -Winston Churchill

❝The bird fights it's way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born, must first destroy a world.❞ -Hermann Hesse

"Art isn't suppose to be beautiful, it's suppose to express." - one of my own

I don't think it's that I nspirational, but just wanted to share haha.

>>51 yeah anything can be an art if feelings are expressed but to determine the extend of value in the art would need factors to consider and the convention is how beautiful it is. Then, again beautiful is subjective so the value of art is really debatable. Sometimes, it's strange that the value of art is based on the fame of a person where the same art done by an unknown person might be treated as worthless. It's all really debatable.
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One quote:

"I’m not a friend of justice, I’m an enemy of evil."
Senjougahara Hitagi (Nisemonogatari)

Sometimes, it is difficult to be on the side of justice in order to help others from the evils so instead a perspective change can be good.

The loneliest people are the kindest
The saddest people smile the brightest
The most damaged people are the wisest
All because they don't wish to see anyone else suffer the way they did

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” - Albert Einstein

>>54 Ooh, nice one :D

"I tried so hard, and got so far. But in the end, it doesn't even matter" - In the End, Linkin Park

Everything in life matters. The bad, the worst, the bottoms. They matter, because even if you fail, you know. You've learned. You've gotten back up, and are now more experienced. You're stronger. The good, the best, the top. These matter. Even if they go away, you've experienced them. They build you, and give you power. Live not for the end, but live for the things that matter now. Find something, someone, somehow that makes it feel like the end itself doesn't even matter, because you know that what you have now does. - Me

I surround myself in the dark, so that I will learn it, experience it, and be stronger because of it, and that when I finally reach the light, the light will be that much greater. - Me

"Weep not for roads untravelled/ Weep not for sights unseen/ May your love never end/ and if you need a friend, there's a seat here alongside me."
-- "Roads Untravelled" Linking Park

Prejudiced against prejudice, such a joyous world we live in.

If the world burns down around us I'll bring the marshmallows and you people bring the song.

"The World's not perfect, but it's there for us trying the best it can. That's what makes it so damn beautiful."-Roy Mustang

"Understanding such pain enables you to be kind to others. It's what makes us human."-Jiraiya(Naruto)

Let the world burn away and I shall dance merrily wreathed in flames

I love Roy Mustang. He is just so..... Cool.

It's too early to quit--Yusuke Urameshi

Be the best god damn zebra you can be!!!

"Just be yourself. Go at your own pace. You'll fit in just fine"~Fruits Basket

"The world isn't as bad as you think" -Celty

you'll miss 100% of the shots you take if you don't take them

you can start over.
no matter what you've done; forget the mistakes that weigh you down.
as long as you keep trying, you can always start over.

Stay happy not crappy. Life's a bitch, don't quit. Peace out thug pugs.

Frown, and the world frowns with you - Grumpy Cat

"find people that will celebrate you, not tolerate you"-me

Life is never fair. That's the way it's always been. Instead of worrying about the little things, fight against the pain, for one day, things will get better -me

Don't be your image of perfect, because to someone else, even your flaws are beautiful. -me

"Live!"
-someone

"To move forward, sometimes you must go in reverse."
-vehicle

"It's raining, the day is horrible"
-perspective 1
"It's raining, the day is beautyful"
-perspective 2

"If you want to look at boobs, just look at boobs. If anybody says anything, fuck them. That's right; use your penis and fuck them. ...Or vagina, i don't know. ...Man, that got off track." -Lost Pause

"Someday I'll connect the dots, and unveil the picture that is invisible to us now."- (I think that's what he said that once) Kida Masaomi