Laini Taylor Quotes

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic.

I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.

You can't insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.

Hope is man's inner effort.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in.

It's still in my heart. I can do it.

Believe in yourself and believe in magic.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

Belief is so important in everything. You need to believe in magic. You need to believe in yourself. You need to believe in your family.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

I believe in the power of the human spirit.

I'm a damaged person, but I have hope and a will to not give up.

To me, it's always been a challenge to look for the light: to look for those spaces in your heart where there is hope and faith and try to embrace that rather than crush it. I've spent so many years trying to crush those feelings of hope, and I certainly succeeded for quite a while.

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything. My mother instilled in me the belief that there was always something great coming. For example, even though I'm afraid of flying, I always think the plane can't crash because there are so many better things still to come.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

Whatever you want, you have the power to attain it. The man or woman who calmly and matter-of-factly accepts this pronouncement at face value will soon find himself working magical accomplishments far beyond that which he previously dreamed possible.