Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist who authored the novel Gone with the Wind for which she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936. He was born on this day November 8 in the year 1900 and passed away in 1949.

Here are some words of wisdom to motivate us.

“Hardships make or break people.”

“Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.”

“Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.”

“Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.”

“Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.”

“Never pass up new experiences … they enrich the mind.”

“In a weak moment, I have written a book.”

“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it’s no worse than it is.”

“Brilliance is one part talent, two parts wisdom and three parts passion.”

“Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.”

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