C. S. Lewis Quotes

The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.

Let your inner queen's voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you'll do her proud.

Dead people never seem to address the obvious - the things you'd think they'd be bursting to talk about, and the things all of us not-yet-dead are madly curious about. Such as: 'Hey, where are you now? What do you do all day? What's it feel like being dead? Can you see me? Even when I'm on the toilet? Would you cut that out?'

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life.

Be confident in what you got.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.

Death is alive, they whispered. Death lives inside life, as bones dance within the body. Yesterday is within today. Yesterday never dies.

As much as I love my family, I enjoy it when the house is empty, because then I know I'm truly alone, as we all are on the planet, after all. Every atom in us is originally from a star. And during my moments of aloneness, I'm most mindful of that; that I'm just another group of matter randomly but wonderfully arranged. That's when I feel my immortality.

Figure out whether or not you believe in yourself, and if you don't, find a way to. Because even more than you want it, you must believe it. And learn about yourself. The rhythm of one's spirit is just as important as what you look like or what you sound like. Who are you? What's your voice? What are you dying to contribute?

You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home.

Once you start to listen to your voice, you start to feel the power in that.

To gain your own voice you have to forget about having it heard.

Our doubts about ourselves cannot be banished except by working at that which is the one and only thing we know we ought to do. Other people's assertions cannot silence the howling dirge within us. It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave.

Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.

Our self-trust is such a subtle thing that it still comes around whispering to us even after we are sure it is gone.

There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see.

I even move out onto the front porch and see my own limited view of the world. I want to take that world, and for the first time ever, I feel like I can do it. I’ve survived everything I’ve had to so far. I’m still standing here.

You exist but as a part inherent in a greater whole. Do not live as though you had a thousand years before you. The common due impends; while you live, and while you may, be good.

People never hurt others in moments of personal strength and bravery, when they are feeling good about themselves, when they are strong and confident. If we spent all of our waking moments in that place, then fighting for social justice would be redundant; we would simply have social justice and be done with it, and we could all go swimming, or fishing, or bowling, or dancing, or whatever people do. But it is because we spend so much of our time in that other place, that place of diminished capacity, of flagging energy, or wavering and somewhat flaccid commitment, that we have to be careful.

I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal.

Confidence is what makes you stand out.