Life Lessons Quote by Claude lavallee — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I think most people are just trying to be happy, and that most of their actions, however misguided, are in line with that goal. Most people just want to feel they belong somewhere, want to be loved, and want to feel they're important to someone. If you really examine all the wrongheaded and messed-up things they do, they can most often be traced back to that basic desire. The abusers, the addicted, the cruel and unpleasant, the manipulators --these are just people who started this quest for happiness in the basement of their lives. Someone communicated to them through word or deed that they were undeserving, so they think they have to claw their way there over the backs of others, leaving scars and creating damage. Of course, they only create more misery for themselves and others.”

“Never let fear hold you captive.”

“Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.”

“The ultimate measure of a person is not her mistakes or accomplishments, but what she does with them.”

“Life is a spiral.”