Greatness

There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love. -Shmuley Boteach

Learning To Dance

Life isn't about finding shelter in the storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain. -Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Condiment

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote

For And Against

You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against. -Laurie Halse Anderson

A Writer

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. -Thomas Mann

Always Some Beauty

I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself. -Anne Frank

Clearly Aware

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all. -Vincent Van Gogh

One's Courage

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anaïs Nin

Changes

No it isn't strange / After changes upon changes / We are more or less the same / After changes / We are more or less the same. -Paul Simon

Wisdom

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. -Jimi Hendrix

A Bitch

I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. -Madonna

Owning Yourself

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. -Friedrich Nietzsche

A Difference

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. -Jane Goodall

A Dream

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. -John Lennon

Becoming Yourself

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. -Anna Quindlen

Nothing

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day. -A.A. Milne

Seasons

Can I sail through the changing ocean tides? Can I handle the seasons of my life? -Stevie Nicks

My Dream

I dream my painting and I paint my dream. -Vincent Van Gogh

The Past

Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't. -Becca Fitzpatrick

Fix Yourself

All you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect. -Rob Reiner

Silence

Silence makes the real conversation between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts. -Margaret Lee Runbeck

Wisdom

Don't gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver or gold. -Bob Marley

Heart Break

I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem. -Diana Gabaldon

Bad Luck

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. -Cormac McCarthy

Some Day

Some day when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight. -Dorothy Fields

A Small Step

Success will never be a big step in the future; success is a small step taken just now. -Jonatan Mårtensson

One More Time

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. -Maya Angelou

Pretender

If you're a pretender come sit by my fire / For we have some flax golden tales to spin / Come in! Come in! -Shel Silverstein

Power

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. -Alice Walker