Happy New Year!

Make Mistakes

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry. -Neil Gaiman

Each Other

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everyhwere. -Tim McGraw

Hope

Hope. It's like a drop of honey, a field of tulips blooming in the springtime. It's a fresh rain, a whispered promise... -Tahereh Mafi

It All Exists

I believe in everything until it's disproved. I believe in fairies, myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. -John Lennon

Winter

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire. -Edith Sitwell

A Merrier World

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. -J.R.R. Tolkien

A Child Again

We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. -Laura Ingalls Wilder

A Little Bit More

What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more! -Dr. Seuss

Clear the Way

A tribal proverb I once heard in India says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way. -Libba Bray

True Life

True life is lived when tiny changes occur. -Leo Tolstoy

The Book

Dreams are illustrations...from the book your soul is writing about you. -Marsha Norman

An Opinion

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. -Bertrand Russell

Reflection

I climbed a mountain and I turned around, and I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills. -Stevie Nicks

Those I Like

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. -Walt Whitman

Socks

“One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair.” -J.K. Rowling

Turning Leaf

And inside every turning leaf is the pattern of an older tree, the shape of our future, the shape of all our history. -Sting

He Knew Me

He knew me in all the ways that truly mattered: the shape of my fears, the contours of my dreams. -Justina Chen

Belief and Doubt

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. -André Gide

This Moment

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. -Oprah Winfrey

My Heart

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Soft Rains

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound... -Sara Teasdale

Certain

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination. -John Keats

Romance

Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. -Margaret Atwood

Time

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now. -Rick Warren

Spread Your Wings

You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you. -C. JoyBell C.

A Glass of Chocolate

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. -Joanne Harris

Dreaming

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams. -Tupac Shakur

One Perfect Memory

Sometimes I wanted to take a memory - one perfect memory - curl up in it, and go to sleep. -Kiersten White

Learning

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. -Henry Ford

A Little Scared

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right. -Sarah Addison Allen

Can Do

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. -John Wooden

Single

I'm single because I was born that way. -Mae West

Meanings

Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean. -Bob Dylan

Flawed and Beautiful

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful. -Amy Bloom

A Palace

You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. -Frank McCourt

Change Happens

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time. -Libba Bray

Cats and Dogs

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein

Little Girls

All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't. -Marilyn Monroe

Food

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. -Hippocrates

The Dessert Cart

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart. -Erma Bombeck

On the Right Track

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. -Will Rogers

Real Good

Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating. -Simone Weil

Chasing

The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet. -Ai Yazawa

Keep Moving

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you have to keep moving. -Albert Einstein

Trapped

Everyone should be able to do one trick, tell two jokes and recite three poems in case they are ever trapped in an elevator. -Lemony Snicket

Patriots of Our Planet

Someday, I hope that we will all be patriots of our planet and not just of our respective nations. -Zoe Weil

A Great Marriage

A great marriage isn't when the perfect couple comes together. It's when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences. -Dave Meurer

Sustain Your Dreams

Continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up. -Richelle E. Goodrich

The Ideal Life

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. -Mark Twain

This Moment

Enjoy every moment of the journey. Appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go. -Mandy Hale

The Load

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. -Lou Holtz

Start

Start, even if you don't know how. -Wendy Tremayne

Hope

Everything that is done in this world is done by hope. -Martin Luther

The Human Heart

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart. -Cynthia Hand

Content With Silence

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. -Ansel Adams

All Those Songs

You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs. -Sarah Dessen

New Eyes

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust

Dance in the Sun

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair... -Susan Polis Schutz

The Circle of Compassion

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. -Albert Schweitzer

A Helluva Start

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. -Lucille Ball

Witchery

The fog-streaks dead and white; Lie like ghosts of lost delight; O’er highest earth and lowest sky; Then Autumn, work thy witchery! -Lathrop

The Hem of Truth

It is through the world of the imagination, beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth. -Madeleine L'Engle

This Universe

Yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but, perhaps more importantly, the Universe is in us. -Neil deGrasse Tyson

Something Liberating

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. -Drew Barrymore

Every Strike

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. -Babe Ruth

Carry the Heart

Each one of us continues to carry the heart of each self we've ever been, at every stage along the way... -Banana Yoshimoto

Guts

It's so easy to laugh; It's so easy to hate; It takes guts to be gentle and kind. -Morrissey

The Bold

Love, like Fortune, favours the bold. -E.A. Bucchianeri

Every Child

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. -Pablo Picasso

Create, Play, Risk

You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk. -Joan Erickson

Magic

Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't believe in. -Jim Butcher

Things That Shine

So don't you worry your pretty little mind, because people throw rocks at things that shine. -Taylor Swift

What We Do

What we do comes out of who we believe we are. -Rob Bell

The Score

The score never interested me, only the game. -Mae West

Inside Job

Winning is an inside job. A person who achieves victory is the one that first wins his or her internal battles. -Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Endings

Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise. -Kim Harrison

Protect Yourself

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. -Jonathan Safran Foer

Winner

Feeling like a winner. There is no need for a race after all. I just mastered how to walk, differently this time. -Priscilla Koranteng

Dogs

If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers

In Your Own Image

You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. -Anne Lamott

Facts

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -Aldous Huxley

What Is True

We don't get to chose what is true. We only get to choose what we do about it. -Kami Garcia

To Be Loved

There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved. -Michael Ende

A Woman's Fears

You just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up at the stars. That's how a woman cures her fears. -Fatema Mernissi

Wilderness

The love of wilderness is more than hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth. -Edward Abbey

Hearing

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. -Shannon L. Alder

Fearless

Always be fearless. Walk like a lion, talk like pigeons, live like elephants and love like an infant child. -Santosh Kalwar

Hearts

Anger, resentment and jealousy don't change the hearts of others -- they only change yours. -Shannon L. Alder

Homemaker

The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - to support the ultimate career. -C.S. Lewis

I Shut My Eyes

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. -Sylvia Plath

This Very Moment

Enjoy your youth. You'll never be younger than you are at this very moment. -Chad Sugg

Love and a Cough

As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love. -Anne Sexton

Without Flinching

When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. -Jim Butcher

Wonders and Realities

The more clearly we focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we have for destruction. -Rachel Carson

Excitement

Many people think excitement is happiness, but when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace. -Thích Nhất Hạnh

Forgiveness

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. -Marianne Williamson

Answers

If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers. -Patrick Rothfuss

Love and Memory

We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss. -Cassandra Clare

Children

The soul is healed by being with children. -Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Remembrance

Let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope. -George Eliot

Spending Your Life

The trouble is, if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you. -Peter Shaffer

Hard To Hate

It's hard to hate someone once you understand them. -Lucy Christopher

Kids Remember

Kids don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. -Jim Henson

Heart

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Past

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind. -Kiran Desai

Fear

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that fear has no power and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. -Jim Morrison

Silence of the Heart

The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go. -Elizabeth Gilbert

The Essence

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. -George Orwell

Rich

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be. -Rita Rudner

Going Well

Things are going well for me here...I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is? -Vincent van Gogh

Roses On My Table

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. -Emma Goldman

No Reason

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. -Paulo Coelho

A Better Gardener

Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art. -Louisa May Alcott

Love

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. -Corinthians

Friday

Music always sounds better on Friday. -Lou Brutus

Enough

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. -G.K. Chesterton

Children

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.” -Marianne Williamson

Cheers

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. -Mark Twain

My Pain

I love humanly. I wept because I have lost my pain and I am not yet accustomed to its absence. -Anaïs Nin

Knowing

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. -Richard P. Feynman

One Star

It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up. -Richelle E. Goodrich

Deviation

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. -Frank Zappa

Leaders

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders. -Sheryl Sandberg

Thinking

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. -William Shakespeare

Reading

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, voice and soul. -Joyce Carol Oates

If At First

If at first you don't succeed then skydiving definitely isn't for you. -Steven Wright

Keys

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. -Rita Mae Brown

Courage

If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. -John Irving

My Life

My life didn't please me, so I created my life. -Coco Chanel

You Are A Wave

You are a function of the whole universe in the same way that a wave is a function of the whole ocean. -Alan Wilson Watts

Reach For The Stars

When you reach for the stars, you reach for the farthest thing out there. Reaching deep into yourself is the same thing. -Vera Nazarian

Practice Art

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing, dance, tell stories -Kurt Vonnegut

Your Life

Your life is an occasion. Rise to it. -Suzanne Weyn

Deadlines

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. -Douglas Adams

Fully Seen

To be fully seen by somebody, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous. -Elizabeth Gilbert

Losing Yourself

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting you are special too. -Ernest Hemingway

War

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?” -Eve Merriam

Wrestling A Gorilla

Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired. -Robert Strauss

Rough Roads

The roughest roads often lead to the top. -Christina Aguilera

Three Things

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. -Reba McEntire

Getting Better

I've got to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time -John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Rainbow

Dare to love yourself, as if you were a rainbow, with gold at both ends. -Aberjhani

Begin

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. -Mother Teresa

Freedom

No one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it. -Paulo Coelho

Encourage

Encourage, lift and strengthen one another. The positive energy spread to one will be felt by all. For we are all connected. -Deborah Day

Struggle

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. -Sigmund Freud

A Good Fall

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand. -Hayley Williams

Courage

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill

Prince Charming

Prince Charming? What was his secret life? We dont know anything about him, other than he looks good and comes to the rescue. -Deb Caletti

Flies

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. -Anthony G. Oettinger

Now I Know

Now I know the things I know - And do the things I do - And if you do not like me so - To hell, my love, with you. -Dorothy Parker

The Earth

The earth has music for those who listen. -George Santayana

Once Upon A Time

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering. -Nicole Krauss

Fantasy

Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape. -Terry Pratchett

Not Yet Ready

Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find. -Libba Bray

I Am

I am who I am and that's who I am. -Nikolai Gogol

Laugh

Laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache. -Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Tomorrow

It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday. -John Guare

Books

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. -Anna Quindlen

Reality

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. -John Lennon

Hope

The very least you can do in life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. -Barbara Kingsolver

Don't Worry

Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right. -Bob Marley

Make-up

Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up. -Marian Keyes

Predictions

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -Yogi Berra

Loved

We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. -C. JoyBell C.

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams / For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly. -Langston Hughes

One Good Friend

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky. -S.E. Hinton

Sure of You

"Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.” -A.A. Milne

Just Pick a Goal

Just pick a goal and stick to it ― no big complicated secret. -Richelle E. Goodrich

Reach High

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. -Rabindranath Tagore

Wings

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing. -Coco Chanel

The Journey

The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination. -Dan Millman

That's What People Do

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable. -Deb Caletti

Morals

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. -Isaac Asimov

Challenges

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand. -Oprah Winfrey

Instant Flame

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. -Albert Schweitzer

Independent Will

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. -Charlotte Brontë

Independence

Independence is my happiness, the world is my country and my religion is to do good. -Thomas Paine

Life is About

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen. -Gilda Radner

Insanity

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. -Rita Mae Brown

Fairies

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? -Douglas Adams

Don't Settle

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. -Steve Jobs

The Only Cure

We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. -Mother Teresa

In The Morning

The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there. The answers are there in the morning. -Alain de Botton

Once

If not always / If not never / Then once / Yes. -Kate DiCamillo

Purpose

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it. -Gautama Buddha

So Small

When you figure out love is all that matters after all / It sure makes everything else seem so small. -Carrie Underwwod

Simplicity

Out of clutter, find simplicity. -Albert Einstein

The Truth

Once you know the truth, you can't ever go back... Heavier or not, the truth is yours now. -Sue Monk Kidd

The Goal of Life

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. -Joseph Campbell

Never Hated

I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back. -Zsa Zsa Gabor

The Dust

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. -Pablo Picasso

Give Things Up

I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up. -Lauren Oliver

Imagination

Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out. -Criss Jami

Forever by Your Side

Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be. -Stephanie Laurens

Trying

You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday. -Jason Mraz

Fathers

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. -Umberto Eco

Cry

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. -Steve Maraboli

Ridiculous

It's a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. -Agatha Christie

Chocolate

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. -Charles M. Schulz

Happiness

Happiness is not a goal...it is a by-product of a life well lived. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Presence

It's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence. -David Byrne

June

It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside. -Maud Hart

Books

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find. -Patrick Rothfuss

Love

The more you love, the more love you have to give. It's the only feeling we have which is infinite... -Christina Westover

Assumptions

Assumptions are the termites of relationships. -Henry Winkler

Beauty, Femininity and Glamour

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour. -Marilyn Monroe

Wounds

Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us. -David Richo

Walls and Doors

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. -Coco Chanel

Endless Summer

These are the days of the endless summer / These are the days, the time is now. -Van Morrison

Within

I ask not for any crown / But that which all may win / Nor try to conquer any world / Except the one within. -Louisa May Alcott

You Yourself

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. -Gautama Buddha

Attention

It's all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. -Susan Sontag

The Right Words

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. -Jack Kerouac

My Own World

I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here. - Lauren Myracle

Cracks

There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. -Leonard Cohen

My Soul

Let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope. -George Eliot

Love

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. -St. Paul, Holy Bible

Career

If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore. -Lady Gaga

Happiness

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. -Mahatma Gandhi

Heroine

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. -Nora Ephron

Better

I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time. -Paul McCartney

Imperfection

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. - Marilyn Monroe

Deserve

“We accept the love we think we deserve.” - Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Forget

I've learned that people will forget what you said, forget what you did, but never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou

Seeing

I shut my eyes in order to see. -Paul Gauguin

Men and Women

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Maybe they should live next door and just visit now and then. -Katharine Hepburn

Be True

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art. -John Wooden

The Internet

The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a world of opportunities and equality. -Laura Chinchilla

Tamed

“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed,” said the fox. -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Trouble

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass. -Ann Landers

Mothers

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. -E. M. Forster

Healing

Healing yourself is connected with healing others. -Yoko Ono

Music

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. -Lao Tzu

Find A Prince

To find a prince, you gotta kiss some toads. -Foxy Brown

Affirmations

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a conviction, things begin to happen. -Muhammad Ali

Gypsy

Well, lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice. Ah, and it lights up the night, and you see your gypsy. -Stevie Nicks, Gypsy

More Than I Am

“Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so.” -Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

Look, Listen

I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen. -Anne Lamott

Happiness

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. -Zhuangzi

Embrace the World

"I took one more glance over my past life, then turned to the future. I was eager to embrace the world." Wild Swans, Jung Chang

Doubt

The moment where you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever being able to do it. -Peter Pan, J.M. Barie

Sense of Humor

If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. -Jennifer Jones

Destiny

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. -William Shakespeare

Somebody

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. -Lily Tomlin

I Can't Tell You Why

Nothing's wrong as far as I can see; We make it harder than it has to be; And I can't tell you why... -Eagles

Gardening

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation. -Phyllis Theroux

Anything / Everything

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir

Poetry

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the collective body of our ancestral memories. -Margaret Walker

Impossible

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible. -Theodore Roethke

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. -Hannah More

Extraordinary Results

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive events and outcomes. It is a catalyst that sparks extraordinary results. -Wade Boggs

Faith and Doubt

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. -Lillian Smith

Money

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. -Steve Jobs

Thankful

I am thankful that I have the people around me that I do. They remind me each day of who I am and what I stand for. -Alyson Stoner

Happy

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. -Guillaume Apollinaire

Work

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious. -Helen Keller

Dreamer

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds. -Mike Tyson

Imagination

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination. -Anais Nin

Be the Change

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi

Cool

My parents are cool on every single level, and it's because they have a deep appreciation for every moment of their lives. -Rashida Jones

Architecture

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Healthy and Happy

I feel if I'm healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great! -Candice Swanepoel

Patience

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. -Saadi

Art

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. -Twyla Tharp

No Matter

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. -Malcolm X

A Feeling

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. -Marilyn Monroe

A Look

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. -Mark Twain

Aging

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength. -Betty Friedan

Simply Yourself

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. -Lao Tzu

Self-Respect

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves, there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. -Joan Didion

Love and Beauty

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. -Saint Augustine

The First Time

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. -Maya Angelou

Poor Man

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money. -Pablo Picasso

Hunches

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. -Joyce Brothers

Thanks

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. -Gilbert K. Chesterton

Listening

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. If I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. -Larry King

Arranging Flowers

Arranging flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Spring

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. -Rainer Maria Rilke

A Smile

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for a smile is the beginning of love. -Mother Teresa

Humor

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. -Langston Hughes

Food

I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat. -Tyra Banks

Daily Routine

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. -Mike Murdock

Seek

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. -Evelyn Underhill

Happiness

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. -Dale Carnegie

Home

Home is any four walls that enclose the right person. -Helen Rowland

Amazing

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen. -Conan O'Brien

Scratch

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. -Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Life

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy

Steady Purpose

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose, a point where the soul may fix its intellectual eye. -Mary Shelley

Your Door

If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out. -Rabindranath Tagore

i found god

i found god in myself & i loved her / i loved her fiercely. -Ntozake Shange

Doing

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. -Richard Branson

Anti-Aging

There is an anti-aging possibility, but it has to come from within. -Susan Anton

Forgive Yourself

You have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on. -Bill Cosby

Logical

When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble. -Angelina Jolie

Begin With the Children

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. -Mahatma Gandhi

In Search

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own. -Alice Walker

Easy

All things are difficult before they are easy. -Thomas Fuller

Movies

Everything I learned I learned from the movies. -Audrey Hepburn

Tea

Tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization. -Agnes Repplier

The Truth

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed. -Eminem

Greatest Pains

Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths. - Drew Barrymore

Beyond Yourself

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there. -George Harrison

Doing the Work

Winning the [Nobel] prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself. -Maria Goeppert Mayer

The Beautiful

That pleasure which is at once the most pure, elevating and intense, is derived from the contemplation of the beautiful. -Edgar Allan Poe

Crying

If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful. -Sophia Loren

Ask

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness. -Percy Ross

Live, Do, Be

We're here to live. We're here to do. We're here to be. -Lil Wayne

A Song

A bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song. -Joan Walsh Anglund

Smart People

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you. -John Wooden

Joy

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. -Marianne Williamson

Cool and Composed

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. -Walt Whitman

True Worth

True worth is in being, not seeming; in doing, each day that goes by, some little good. -Alice Cary

Putting It Through

I always admire people who are going on, who have a sort of idea and, however crazy it is, are putting it through. -Ingmar Bergman

Into my Heart

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. -Judy Garland

Enjoy the Ride

I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it. -Johnny Depp

Dialogue

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue. -bell hooks (sic)

An Expert

An expert is someone who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. -Niels Bohr

Godly Will

There is a godly will in our higher part, which by its basic goodness never wills what is evil, but only what is good. -Julian of Norwich

Failures

Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes. -George Clooney

Feed Your Head

Remember what the Dormouse said. Feed your head. Feed your head. -Grace Slick

Music

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows. -Napoleon Bonaparte

One

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. -Malala Yousafzai

The Wing of Friendship

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. -Charles Dickens

Be Kind

Be kind to one another. -Ellen

Who We Are

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have. -Vince Lombardi

The Best We Can

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. -Helen Keller

Next

Always do whatever's next. -George Carlin

The Question

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. -Ayn Rand

Change

Change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, like the perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. -John Steinbeck

Discover

Discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others...allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. -Oprah Winfrey

Who You Are

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are! -John Lennon

Opportunities

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around. -Catherine Deneuve

Kind Heart

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. -Washington Irving

Write Truth

To write truth first on the tablet of one's own heart - this is the sanity and perfection of living. -Mary Baker Eddy

Growth

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. -Ronald Reagan

Staying Young

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. -Lucille Ball

Simple Truth

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. -Charles Dickens

Tapestry

Whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads... -Sandra Day O'Connor

Greatness

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. -Martin Luther King Jr.

Kindness

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. -Joseph Joubert

You Never Know

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way. -Diane Arbus

Retire?

Before deciding to retire, stay home for a week and watch the daytime TV shows. -Bill Copeland

Write It

If there is a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. -Toni Morrison

Motivation Daily

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. -Zig Ziglar

Ongoing Creation

The ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred. -Paula Gunn Allen

Life is Hard

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' -Sydney J. Harris

One Aim

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. -Anna Pavlova

The Facts

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. -Soren Kierkegaard

Spending Oneself

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. -Sarah Bernhardt

Tears

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. -Christian Nestell Bovee

Journey

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. -Ursula LeGuin

Objections

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. -Samuel Johnson

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. -Hannah Arendt

Your Dog

Be the person your dog thinks you are! -J.W. Stephens

Diminishing Fear

I learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. -Rosa Parks

Achieving Success

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much. -Elbert Hubbard

Roar

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire / ‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar... -Katy Perry

Expectations

I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I. -Fritz Perls