Inspiring Quotes

We’ve all been paralyzed by overwhelming feelings from time to time: Whether we’re dealing with stress, fear, grief, heartbreak, or low self-confidence, it’s easy to get mired in our emotions and to struggle to break free.

Feeling our emotions is a great thing, though — it’s much healthier to work through our difficult feelings than to suppress them, which will only cau...

“Irony” is one of those terms that people seem to understand intuitively, though it can be difficult to define exactly. Just ask Alanis Morissette, whose 1996 hit song “Ironic” has been lambasted by just about every exacting literary type and high school English teacher because the situations she describes in her lyrics are more “unfortunate” than “ironic.” (Rain on your wedd...

Surviving tragedy is never easy, whether it’s a catastrophic event that affects thousands of lives or something we experience on a personal scale. Our residual feelings of grief, fear, and resentment often far outlast the tragedy itself, and it can be difficult to carry on while they plague our lives. But those who are able to overcome tragedy can be enlightened by the many l...

Nothing says nostalgic, lazy weekend mornings quite like reading the Sunday funnies. Whether at the kitchen table, spread out belly-down on the living room floor, or kicking back in the family room, there’s never a right or wrong way to enjoy comic strips like Calvin & Hobbes or Peanuts. Beyond just giving us iconic characters such as Snoopy, Garfield, a...

Not everyone has the sharp tongue and quick wit necessary to pull off a clever zinger, but those who do often leave everyone within earshot feeling both shocked and delighted. The perfect zinger takes people by surprise and relies on a combination of wordplay, humor, and sometimes biting satire. Some of the funniest zingers are self-deprecating in nature, as most people admir...