Don't be so damn hard on yourself. Yeah, you screwed up. You're not perfect, fine. Learn from it. But don't punish yourself. Be kind to you, even when you screw up. You'll bounce back eventually. You'll make up for it. - Stephanie Klein You and your scars. Please! You don't kill youself like this!" I gesture, holding a wrist turned up to the ceiling, then pretending to cut across it with my other hand. "That's just a cry for help. That's just attention. Everbody knows that. Cutting across just gets you to the hospital. That's just from movies and TV shows and stuff like that. You didn't really try to kill yourself. you just wanted attention, but you screwed up. Try harder next time. - Barry Lyga But then you... you come along. You screwed up my plan. Suddenly my life's not liveable, it's not fine and I'm no longer happy. My life's worse, much more worse than before... and it's all because of you. I'm scared of ...

Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish? - Jodi Picoult So don't judge me, unless you've fallen asleep on a couch with your ill child, thinking this night might be her last. Ask instead: would you do it? Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish? - Jodi Picoult I didn't literally kill Indians. We were supposed to make you give up being Indian. Your songs and stories and language and dancing. Everything. We weren't trying to kill Indian people. We were trying to kill Indian culture. - Sherman Alexie You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. - Woody Allen When you blame others, you give up your power to change. - Robert Antho...

You grew up on a farm but you became a woman that doesn't belong here and right now, it fuckin' kills me to admit it, I gotta focus on Jonas and I can't afford to get you the goddamned binds you want. ... You think I don't lose sleep wonderin' what you gave up and wonderin' when you'll want it back and knowin' I can't give it to you? - Kristen Ashley ...you are defined by how you live your life, not whom you live it with, and certainly not by what you gave up to be with that person. - Greg Behrendt They walked to school, talking about how much they were longing for the summer holidays. "Oh, I am planning things," said Jamie. "Great, great things. I could join a band." "You gave up the guitar after two lessons." "Well," he said, "I could be a backup dancer." "Backup dancers have to wear belly shirts and glitter," said Mae. "So obviously, I support this plan. - Sarah Rees Brennan As a ...

Failure is when you give up. A real winner is someone that doesn't give up, even when it feels like they are losing. - Joshua Hartzell When you give up struggle, there's a kind of love. - Joyce Carol Oates I'm convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you're less safe when you give up your liberties. - Ron Paul When you give up,' said a slim older man whose home we rebuilt, 'you might as well lay down and die.' It was obvious that we weren't just giving people back their homes, but also restoring a sense of dignity. - Howard Schultz

I don't talk about who I'm dating because when you break up, you wind up reliving it in the media. - Bridget Fonda When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death. - Dennis Quaid

Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets. Jace on the other hand, looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house and burn it down just for kicks. - Cassandra Clare Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing. - Jennifer Aniston Do you need me to come pick you up? (Janine) No. I appreciate the thought, but I have to wait on the tow truck, which seems to be the only thing moving slower than my DOA Firebird. (Taryn) - Sherrilyn Kenyon Jessica, you are a pain in the arse, do you know that? If I were not so immensely fond of you, I should throw you out the window." She wrapped her arms about hi...

You have everything," she said slowly, as if she were explaining the order of the world to a small child. "A family, a great job, a lot of people who look up to you. You've got a place to go home to." She smiled a little. "So go. - Jodi Picoult You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much. - Lady Gaga I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything. - Curtis Joseph Maybe we were together in another life...in a parallel universe, maybe our paths are not supposed to cross twice, maybe your arms are not supposed to go around me. I hear about you now & then, I wonder where you are & how you feel. Sometimes I walk by & I look up to your balcony, just to make sure you were real-just to ...

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up-it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are. - Kirstie Alley To reach out to you when I'm in need, and to try to be here for you when you need me back. And to feel such tenderness when I look at you that I want to stand between you and all the world: and yet also to lift you up and carry you above the strong currents of life; and at the same time, I would be glad to stand always like this, at a distance, watching you, the beauty of you. - Orson Scott Card You know, we're a tight family. I live right down the street from my folks. I talk to my mother every day. I'm a momma's boy. We all are. So there's no exclusion in this family. You're part of it. We embrace you and lift you up. - Emilio Estevez Some people try to tell you the things you want in life are out of your grasp, while others lift you up on their ...

It's up to you to make your own destiny and not up to destiny to make you - Amit Abraham There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can. - David Viscott It's up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind. - Steve Maraboli Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow. You special, miraculous, unrepeatable, fragile, fearful, tender, lost, sparkling ruby emerald jewel, rainbow splendor person. It's up to you. - Joan Baez Now, one hears from a long time ago that "white is merely a state of mind." I add to that, white is a moral choice. It's up to you to be as white as you want to be and pay the price of that ticket. You cannot tell a black man by the color of skin, either. But this is a democracy. - James Baldwin ...every tim...

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. - Woody Allen You're only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. You've done something. - Robert Kiyosaki A man is what he has a passion about, Breeze said. 'I've found that if you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll just end up miserable. - Brandon Sanderson If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable. - Brandon Sanderson It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left? - Jim Carrey If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy.... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth...

I swore to you that I wouldn't let that happen, and I know I've failed you, but I'm not going to just give up, Alex. I'll never give up on you. - Jennifer L Armentrout Never give up on your child. But also, you have to love your child. - Todd Bridges It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself. - Zig Ziglar My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. - Rick Riordan Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet-- - Rick Riordan It is better to ris...

Neither your mother nor I have any imagination at all and we certainly didn't bring you up to have one - John Boyne I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They'll let you know things that you didn't know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise. - Brendan Gleeson I think music can heal your soul if you'll let it. It can also bring you up if you're down. It can also bring you down if you're too up. It's a mood thing. - Gretchen Wilson

You say one more word to anyone and I'm telling people you cried in here tonight because you thought Daisy was breaking up with you.' 'You wouldn't.' Leo's phone rings. 'He would,' he says, laughing as he answers it. - Cath Crowley She mailed me a Merry Christmas-I'm-Breaking-Up-with-You card. I'll read it to you," he said. He cleared his throat. "Dear Marcus. Merry Christmas. I'm breaking up with you. Mia. - Megan Mccafferty

As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.' - Felicity Huffman Sometimes friends do go from us-it will happen more and more as you grow up, Chugg. But if you really love your friends, they're never really gone. Somewhere they're watching over you and they're always there inside your heart. -Martin - Brian Jacques As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal. - Harper Lee I think it's certainly natural to try new things as you grow up and get older! - Rachel Stevens When you're a girl, passion can dominate the equation, but as you grow up relationships evolve. Mad passion can grab you at first, but it can't last forever. - Jody Watley

I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it. - Julie Andrews Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody. - Jane Asher Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character. - Jane Badler A teenager who pretends to be an adult is still a teenager. If you imagine that getting high at a party and sleeping around is going to propel you into a state of adulthood, that's like thinking that dressing up as an Indian is going to make you an Indian. - Muriel Barbery The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all my friends dressing up like the military characters in the game. So 'Battleship' is really my s...

History dressed up in the glow of love's kiss turned grief into beauty. - Aberjhani Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived you'd get dressed up in a nurse's outfit and give me a sponge bath?" "Actually, I think you misheard," Clary said. "It was Simon who promised you the sponge bath." Jace looked involuntarily over at Simon, who smiled at him widely. "As soon as I'm back on my feet, handsome. - Cassandra Clare I didn't get this dressed up to watch you mess around in the gutter with a bunch of motorcycles." "They are pretty to look at," said Jace. "You have to admit that." "So am I," said Isabelle. - Cassandra Clare Jace - "Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you'd get dressed up in a nurses outfit and give me a sponge bath?" "Actually, I think you misheard." Clay said. "It was Simon who promised you the spo...

We have a long way to go to being the perfect couple, we certainly don't live the fairy tale marriage, he doesn't shower me with rose petals and fly me to Paris on weekends but when I get my hair cut, he notices. When I dress up to go out at night, he compliments me. When I cry, he wipes my tears. When I feel lonely, he makes me feel loved. And who needs Paris, when you can get a hug? - Cecelia Ahern No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up - Paulo Coelho No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up & show up - Paulo Coelho The big advantage to playing the Venetian in Las Vegas - where it's a beautiful theater - is that unlike other places, even many other nice venues, I can do a set and lighting cues, I can put on a real show. I can dress up, wear a tux. - Tim Allen If it turned out Brandon Stark also likes to dress up as Strwberry Shortcake while playing croquet with his miniture pony collection, I totally wouldn't be surprised anymore. - Meg C...

He looked at her, but he was only a shadow now. Livia gave him a warning look. He shook his head sadly and in total defeat. Standing in the house of a man who'd brought him food, with his daughter holding his hand, seemed to break some sort of honor code for Blake. Livia felt her heart beating in her ears. "Don't give up on me. Please," she said softly. - Debra Anastasia You need someone to lift your spirits. You need someone to look you in the face and say, This isn't the end. Don't give up. There is a better place than this. And I'll lead you there. - Max Lucado Don't give up on me now. I'm sorry. I guess that's an odd thing to say. Because isn't that what I'm doing? Giving up? - Jay Asher Don't give up! It's not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a come-back. - Steve Maraboli Have a little faith. Don't give up. - Fantasia Barrino My message to the kids and our fans is hockey...

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up. - Mariah Carey This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me! - Mariah Carey Stand up! Don't ever give up on this bitchy life. Feel afraid is okay, but don't avoid competition. You've done that thing even since you're a sperm. You accept this and you are the surviving winner. - Toba Beta Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off. But never, ever, ever give up. - Richelle E Goodrich Do you feel disappointed because something you planned didn't work out If so you can get re-appointed today. In God there are never any dead-ends only detours. ...

Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope can be everlasting. Therefore, do not give up hope, Even in the sunset of your life. - Sri Chinmoy Not to give up under any circumstances should be the motto of our life: we shall try again and again, and we are bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but we have to defy them. So do not give up, do not give up! Continue, continue! The goal is ahead of you. If you do not give up, you are bound to reach your destined goal. - Sri Chinmoy Our ancestors took this land. They took it and made it and held it. We do not give up what our ancestors gave us. They came across the sea and they fought here, and they built here and they're buried here. This is our land, mixed with our blood, strengthened with our bone. Ours! - Bernard Cornwell Do not give up on yourself, on the truths you have realized. Do not give in to those who would crush your dreams like nutshells. And never turn away from forever love. - Ellen Hopkins You ar...