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