9 Quotes that will Dare You to Chase after the Life you’re Meant to Live

Nine quotes to help keep you motivated.  May they be a light to anyone who dares to dream of something else, other than the average:

1. “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” ~ Sir Cecil Beaton
2. “Just as a programmer can program a computer to do specific tasks by understanding its code, you can program your life and the world around you to improve, enhance the way you live and the experiences you have in this lifetime.” ~ Vishen Lakhiani
3. “I am an artist at living—my work of art is my life.” ~ Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki
4. “When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact. That is—everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” ~ Steve Jobs
5. “Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose—and commit myself to—what is best for me.” ~ Paulo Coelho
6. “People say that what we’re seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. What we seek is an experience of being alive.” ~ Joseph Campbell.
7. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” ~ Maya Angelou
8. “They say time changes things, but actually, you have to change them yourself.” ~ Andy Warhol
9. “Sometimes the smallest decisions can change your life forever.” ~ Keri Russell