Quotes of Elif Shafak

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You see, unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of books. When I've read a book, I don't feel like I've finished anything. So I start a new one.

- Elif Shafak

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“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ”

- Cleveland Amory

“ Gratitude is not love. Don’t mix the two because they are not the same. ”

- Frank Matobo

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours. ”

- Mandy Hale

“ You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are. ”

- Matthew

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ She believed she could so she did. ”

- Unknown

“ Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. ”

- Arthur Rubenstein

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ The beautiful thing about love is that you just need to plant it once and nurture it and it shall bloom into blossoms that would cover the valleys. ”

- Hermann J. Steinherr

“ Love all, trust a few. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ”

- Stephen King

“ Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your selfesteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ Be brave. Don't just live in your cave till your grave. ”

- RVM

“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast. ”

- Steve Pavlina