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