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