Work Of Art

Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did on the open road. We had nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore, except to make our lives into a work of art. -Lana Del Rey

As They Are

No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are. -Confucius

Alone

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves. -Eda J. LeShan

No Limitations

Imagine no limitations; decide what's right and desirable before you decide what's possible. -Brian Tracy

We Are

We are what we are, neither as good nor as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings. -Melissa Marr

Art

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day. -Viggo Mortensen

Badass

I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass. -Shonda Rhimes

Ultimate Believer

No matter how many people believe or don’t believe in you, you must be the ultimate believer in yourself! -Pablo

The Song

To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten. -Carol Mason

Do It Right

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over? -John Wooden

The Subject

Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all. -Sharon Salzberg

Get There

Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there. -Jacqueline Simon Gunn

Uncomfortable Ideas

The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science. -Carl Sagan

Hold It

Breathe in, take what life hands you; hold it, accept it; breathe out, let it go. -Susan Gable

True Wealth

True wealth comes less from having riches than from knowing how to live richly. -Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Your Journey

Your journey is completely yours. It is unique. Others may try to steal part of it, tell it in their words or shape it to suit them. The reality is no one can live it or own it but you. Take charge of your journey, it's yours and yours alone! -Kemi Sogunle

Process Of Acceptance

I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: i) this is worthless nonsense; ii) this is an interesting, but perverse, point of view; iii) this is true, but quite unimportant; iv) I always said so. -J.B.S. Haldane

And Now

And now I am the way she walks, and now I am the way he smiles. I am the wind that blows and now I am the sun that shines. I am the laughter in your voice, I am the sadness of your soul. And now I am the careless wind and now I flow like the lost river. -Preeti Bhonsle

Illimitable Ocean

The known is finite, the unknown is infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to claim a little more land. -T. H. Huxley

Attitude Of Gratitude

An attitude of gratitude goes a long way when it comes to physical and emotional healing. -Jill Bolte Taylor

The Result

We are the result of the universe attempting to understand itself. -Ronald Mallett

Ignite

Ignite the light within you, it will make your world brighter. -Avis J. Williams

Introverts

Introverts don’t see life as one big cocktail party. We’re content with just a few meaningful relationships. -Jenn Granneman

Better Than

There is no religion better than love, no color better than the color of happiness and no language better than the language of compassion. -Abhijit Naskar

Your Own Destiny

It doesn't matter who you are, or where you come from, or how much money you've got in your pocket. You have your own destiny and your own life ahead of you. -Lady Gaga

Ordinary Things

Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things...as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value. -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Roots

It was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole. -Rupi Kaur

Unwritten

Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten. -Rob Sheffield

Crying

Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. -Charlotte Brontë

The Times

The slow one now, Will later be fast, As the present now, Will later be past, The order is Rapidly fadin'. And the first one now, Will later be last, For the times they are a-changin'. -Bob Dylan

Dance

When it rains it pours. Maybe the art of life is to convert tough times to great experiences: we can choose to hate the rain or dance in it. -Joan Marques