Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Degotoga]

The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away. - David Viscott

[Talon]

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door. :candle:



~Emily Dickinson

[MegBluEyz]

My heart is built in such a way that it feels love infinitely with patience and does not see with my eyes but with the feelings of the senses and the wind. It does not have understanding of the reasons for which it is or what it feels, it only exists as it is.
-MegBluEyz

[ahk]

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.--Frida Kahlo

[The_Lady_Snow]

"You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance-as opposed to her ideas and actions --isn't doing anyone any favors, least of all you. Insulting a woman's looks when they have nothing to do with the issue at hand implies a lack of comprehension on your part, an inability to engage in high-level thinking. You may think she's ugly, but everyone else thinks you're an idiot."

[Trev]

"I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person, love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you."
~Unknown

[JAGG]

“The only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.” ― Rick Riordan


“You ask, what is my aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.” ― Winston Churchill


“Let me live so that when I come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”
― Mark Twain

[Duchess]

"I'm not averse to being tied up - I like a man to take charge. There's something very sexy about being submissive."
- Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria

[MegBluEyz]

"Faith, hope, and love. The strongest of these is love, for without love there is no faith or hope."

[Bèsame*]

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

[Degotoga]

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

[Fancy]

Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

~Buddha

[Katniss]

http://adventurefilled.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/life-begins1.jpg

Katniss~~

[justanolecowboy]

Syracuse: You don't like the dress?
Ondine: No, I like it. It's just, underwear would be better.
Syracuse: Doesn't fit?
Ondine: Tight around the edges.
Syracuse: You have edges?
(from the movie Ondine) ....

____________________Loved this line - it was the way (he) was looking at (her) ...I know that look - because I have it daily for(my her) :) ... and also I said a quick and thankful prayer ... because you know...God really does know what He is doing...and lest we have any doubts ... just remember...He gave women "curves (not) "edges" ... :) ;) ... and thank goodness for that!! :)

[justanolecowboy]

when we love, we always strive to become better than we are. when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. - paulo coelho (the alchemist)

[Janstevie]

Dear Algebra,
Please stop asking us to find your X, she's never coming back and dont ask Y.

[Sun]

"Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable." ~ Bruce Lee

[ahk]

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.--Anais Nin

[MegBluEyz]

"

Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile…initially scared me to death.”
- Betty Bender

[justanolecowboy]

“Chivalry is not just a fancy word with a neat meaning; it's a way of life.”
― Vaughn Ripley (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4399030.Vaughn_Ripley)

[JAGG]

“The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” ― Thomas Jefferson

" I know how important it is in life not necessarily to feel strong, but to be strong... to measure yourself at least once.”― Jon Krakauer


“It's your life-but only if you make it so.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

[Enchantress]

"I imagine that yes is the only living thing."

E.E. Cummings

[Katniss]

http://i.picresize.com/images/2013/03/07/hi68C.jpg

[Degotoga]

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

[The_Lady_Snow]

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”

[Fancy]

Tweet of the day: "Today is International Women's Day. Typically, International Women's Day is only 70% as long as every other damn day."

[MegBluEyz]

.

"I love my friends neither with
my heart nor with my mind.
Just in case heart might stop, mind can forget.
I love them with my soul.
Soul never stops or forgets." ~Rumi♥

[Kobi]

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

~Kofi Annan

[ruffryder]

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.
Henry David Thoreau

"Every once in awhile we need to step back and get a fresh perspective."

[ruffryder]

The superior person is modest in speech but exceeds in actions. Confucius

[ruffryder]

How much we trust others is directly related to how much we trust ourselves and our own imperfections. Dr. Phil

[ruffryder]

“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.” ― Ann Richards

[Metro]

"There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness."
-- Han Suyin

[Ascot]

It's fun to be smart! - my mother

[s0litude]

I LOVE poetry; I always have. When I did my student teaching MANY years ago, poetry was my favourite section to teach. I had considered a career in Middle Grades Education (with concentrations in English and Science) but allowed my fears of being fired or "blackballed" for being a transman to end this dream. There are several poets that I adore, but my favourite is likely Robert Frost. Ten points if you can also guess the '80's movie where this poem was featured in a tearful ending by one of the dying main characters.


Nothing Gold Can Stay
by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

[MegBluEyz]

I LOVE poetry; I always have. When I did my student teaching MANY years ago, poetry was my favourite section to teach. I had considered a career in Middle Grades Education (with concentrations in English and Science) but allowed my fears of being fired or "blackballed" for being a transman to end this dream. There are several poets that I adore, but my favourite is likely Robert Frost. Ten points if you can also guess the '80's movie where this poem was featured in a tearful ending by one of the dying main characters.


Nothing Gold Can Stay
by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.



It was in the movie, The Outsiders. Robert Frost is one of my favorites also.

[UofMfan]

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/translator08/GGMrecordar.jpg

[Trev]

"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."
~Unknown

"Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful."
~Thick Nhat Hanh

[JAGG]

“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”
― Walter Bagehot

" It's easy for me to forgive. I don't do it for others benefit, I do it for mine." Unknown

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ― Nelson Mandela

[justanolecowboy]

“A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

[PaPa]

My sister deposited on my desk today a picture off her daily cat calendar. The quote simply said, "It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not".

She gave me this and told me to go do well on my exam because she knows I can do it.

[Degotoga]

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

[Katniss]

dive for dreams

dive for dreams
or a slogan may topple you
(trees are their roots
and wind is wind)
trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)
honour the past
but welcome the future
(and dance your death
away at the wedding)
never mind a world
with its villains or heroes
(for good likes girls
and tomorrow and the earth)
in spite of everything
which breathes and moves, since Doom
(with white longest hands
neating each crease)
will smooth entirely our minds
-before leaving my room
i turn, and (stooping
through the morning) kiss
this pillow, dear
where our heads lived and were.

silently if, out of not knowable

silently if, out of not knowable
night's utmost nothing,wanders a little guess
(only which is this world)more my life does
not leap than with the mystery your smile
sings or if(spiralling as luminous
they climb oblivion)voices who are dreams,
less into heaven certainly earth swims
than each my deeper death becomes your kiss
losing through you what seemed myself,i find
selves unimaginably mine;beyond
sorrow's own joys and hoping's very fears
yours is the light by which my spirit's born:
yours is the darkness of my soul's return
-you are my sun,my moon,and all my stars


Katniss~~

[thedivahrrrself]

One night the Moon Said to Me,
“If he makes you cry, why don’t you leave him?”
I paused for a while, then looked back & said,
“Moon, would you ever leave your sky?”

[Trev]

"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts."
~Martin Buxbaum

"Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand."
~Emily Kimbrough

[DMW]

dive for dreams
or a slogan may topple you
(trees are their roots
and wind is wind)
trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)
honour the past
but welcome the future
(and dance your death
away at the wedding)
never mind a world
with its villains or heroes
(for God likes girls
and tomorrow and the earth)
e.e. Cummings
Katniss~~

There it is.

[DMW]

I LOVE poetry; I always have. When I did my student teaching MANY years ago, poetry was my favourite section to teach. I had considered a career in Middle Grades Education (with concentrations in English and Science) but allowed my fears of being fired or "blackballed" for being a transman to end this dream. There are several poets that I adore, but my favourite is likely Robert Frost. Ten points if you can also guess the '80's movie where this poem was featured in a tearful ending by one of the dying main characters.


Nothing Gold Can Stay
by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Ditto on Robert Frost!

The movie is called "The Outsiders"

[Talon]

Ditto on Robert Frost!

The movie is called "The Outsiders"


Yes it is...one of my all time favorite films, too.

Thank you for posting it Solitude.

[JAGG]

Yes it is...one of my all time favorite films, too.

Thank you for posting it Solitude.

The Outsiders was filmed in Tulsa Ok. !!! A freind of mine was an extra in the movie.

[Spirit Dancer]

I feel my body, my mind, weighted down — all is heavy — but my blood, my inner fire, my passion, the little unburdened kid in me, patiently waits to burst free. Some of us die never having burst. ~Terri Guillemets

[ruffryder]

"Sometimes the biggest obstacle in life is your own ego."

[MegBluEyz]

.

The most precious gift of the Universe is that of love. It is the purest the simplest and from the heart.
-MegBluEyz

[Kobi]

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

[Smiling]

"Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves." -Joseph P. Thompson

[Talon]

What is love? :heartbeat:

It's that powerful attraction towards all that we conceive, fear, or hope beyond ourselves.



~Percy B. Shelley

[Degotoga]

When you are honest with yourself, you find the road to inner peace. - Paramahansa Yoganada

[JAGG]

“Time has no dominion over love. Love is the one thing that transcends time. ” ― Jeaniene Frost


" Love me like you will never see me again."- Unknown


“What sexual preference do you hope she has?” “Happiness.” Isnt that cool?”
― Francesca Lia Block

[Trev]

"The events we most desire do not happen; or, if they do, it is neither in the time nor in the circumstances when they would have given us extreme pleasure."
~Jean De La Bruyere

"Don't let the shadows of yesterday spoil the sunshine of tomorrow. Live for today."
~Nandina Morris

"A skeptic is someone who is frustrated beyond belief."
~Unknown

[Enchantress]

'Tis a lesson you should heed:
Try, try, try again.
If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try, try again.

Thomas H. Palmer

[Trev]

"In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love."
~Diego Marchi

[justanolecowboy]

I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.
~ City of Angels

[justanolecowboy]

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii603/NIGHTrambler/fresian1_zps277aa84a.jpg

There is a place You can touch a woman That will drive her crazy. Her heart.

[Degotoga]

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open. - Elmer G. Letterman

[Sweet Bliss]

Look where you're going, not where you've been.

unknown

[Trev]

"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise."
~Robert Fritz

[Bèsame*]

faith means;
living without uncertainty
feeling your way through life
letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark

[Talon]

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. :olive:


~Tagore

[Kobi]

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart.

Richard Carlson

[VintageFemme]

I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms.
― Lemony Snicket (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/36746.Lemony_Snicket), The Beatrice Letters (http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/591409)

[JAGG]

“Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent”
― Robert Greene


“You're life is a print-out of your thoughts.”― Steve Maraboli


“There is only one success-to be able to spend life in your own way.”
― Christopher Morley

[Trev]

"Know your limits, but never accept them."
~Unknown

"There are two sorts of romantics: those who love, and those who love the adventure of loving."
~Leslie Blanch

[justanolecowboy]

“Chivalry: It's the little boy that kisses my hand, the young man who holds the door open for me, and the old man who tips his hat to me. None of it is a reflection of me, but a reflection of them.” - Donna Lynn Hope

[MysticOceansFL]

" We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same."

aka Anne F

[Talon]

You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom. :rose:


~Roz Inga

[Degotoga]

There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life. - Sister Mary Rose McGeady

[Fancy]

My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.

~George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (1819-1880)

[thedivahrrrself]

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

~Neil deGrasse Tyson

[thedivahrrrself]

In honor of Douglas Adams' birthday:

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
Last Chance to See

[Duchess]

"The problem with relationships are that people are so busy falling in love that they forget to fall in like."
— Author Unknown

[PaPa]

I could tell you that you're beautiful every day, but you will never see it yourself when you are using a mirror that is fogged. You are your toughest critic; lift your head up high and stop living in the past. Listen to your intuition instead of hearing the abusive words of others from your past. Clean the lens of that mirror and look again while listening to your soul. Live your life for you and accept happiness as your final destination.

[Ms. Meander]

W0Cys6tU1v0

[JAGG]

“Decide what you want to be....
Pay the Price ...
And be what you want to be.” ― John A Widtsoe


“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.”
― Flannery O'Connor


“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” ― J. E. McCulloch

[MegBluEyz]

.


"The greatest thing, you'll ever learn. Is just to love.
And be loved in return."

(differing opinions on the author)

[Trev]

"All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary."
~Sally Ride

"A change in attitude can change your life"
~Sasha Azevedo

"So when you are listening to somebody, completely attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."
Jiddu Krishnanmurti

[ahk]

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.--Aristotle

[Sun]

It's true that many good things are happening in the world, but we shouldn't be ignoring the progression of our many silent cancers. Part of being spiritual is being alert not just to love and what it can do to save us, but also to our shadows and what they can do to hurt us. The systematic perpetration of income inequality...climate change...child poverty in America...mass incarceration... the corruption of our food supply...limits on civil rights....the spiritual seeker should be leading, not ignoring, the efforts to course-correct nationally. The principles are the same with national healing as with personal healing: darkness has to come up in order to be released. It must be consciously acknowledged and surrendered, or else it cannot be removed.
Today, there's a kind of negative stasis...too much acceptance of things that should not be accepted...acquiescence to incremental approaches to problems for which a mere incremental approach is an inadequate mode of improvement. These are urgent times, and the relative quietude of the moment is a bit like the quiet before a storm. Sort of like the 90's, I'm afraid...and then came 9/11.
From what I can see as I travel the country, many people are doing the right things....we just need to step it up! Push the pedal to the metal! Do whatever it is we know in our hearts we're supposed to do....and do it NOW!!!
~ Marianne Williamson

[Bèsame*]

A good life is when we assume nothing
do more
need less
smile often
dream big
laugh a lot

and realized how blessed you are

:angel:

[Degotoga]

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow. - Anmol Andore

[justanolecowboy]

_____The older the soul - the softer the glance - the quicker the smile and the sooner to say "I love you."

SO ... be utterly fearless...speak your heart... (ldw)

[MegBluEyz]

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"Be thankful for what is. And be thankful also for what has not yet come to you. For that is where the possibilities are. And those possibilities have no limit."
~Ralph Marston

[Kobi]

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

Stephen R. Covey

[ahk]

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.--Thomas Merton

[JAGG]

“Do not be afraid; our fate
cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.” ― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

“A man that runs from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien



“Wisdom is having things right in your life
and knowing why.” ― William Edgar Stafford

[justanolecowboy]

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1020792.Antoine_de_Saint_Exup_ry), The Little Prince (http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2180358)

[always2late]

“You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?” — Edward Albee

[Kobi]

http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/192x/8c/9b/e1/8c9be12b3c70f2a337720a72e19fd947.jpg

[justanolecowboy]

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.” - Benjamin Franklin

[justanolecowboy]

LOVE is not three words mumbled before bedtime - love is sustained by action - by devotion - by [action] of devotion consistency of devotion - in the things you do for the one you love...not just (some) times but EACH and every day. (ldw)

[Bèsame*]

http://www.theconsciousperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DalaiLamaQuote.jpg

[always2late]

“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”— Daphne du Maurier

[Degotoga]

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. - Ruth E Renkel

[Talon]

To watch us dance is to hear our heart's speak. :heartbeat:


~Indian proverb

[VintageFemme]

...I SHOULD be cleaning my frat house, going to the grocery store, painting my nails, etc and so on etc and so on.

My ambition is handicapped by laziness.
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Just for the love of a passionate quote:

"I want to swim in the way you make me feel;
I want it to soak my clothes until they become a skin,
and I want that skin to soak into my bones.
I want to become the way it feels in the instant
you stare at me from across this crowded place."

~ Tyler Knott Gregson

[JAGG]

" Without a reasonable amount of confidence in yourself, you can neither be happy nor successful." - Norman Vincent Peale

[thedivahrrrself]

Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.

Richard Kline

[Enchantress]

I want to do to you
what Spring does with
the Cherry trees.

Pablo Neruda

[JAGG]

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”― Umberto Eco


“It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!” ― Robert T. Kiyosaki



“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.” - Unknown

[MegBluEyz]

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"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are,
or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy.
It is what you think about." - Dale Carnegie

[always2late]

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

[SnackTime]

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open - Rose Lane

[Kobi]

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[Fancy]

"As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will.
You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts.
You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by.
So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt.
Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts.
Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back."

~ Dr. Charlie Jansen

[SnackTime]

You can shed tears that she is gone, or you can smile because she has lived. You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back, or you can open your eyes and see all she's left. Your heart can be empty because you can't see her, or you can be full of the love you shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember her only that she is gone, or you can cherish her memory and let it live on. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back. Or you can do what she'd want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on. - David Harkins


Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy. - Eskimo Proverb quotes

[Degotoga]

To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else. - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

[Talon]

If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods,
but if you learn principles, you can devise your own methods.


~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[MegBluEyz]

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"A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities." William Arthur Ward

[Spirit Dancer]

“I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person, love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.”
Unknown

[Spirit Dancer]

“Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends.”
Unknown

[JAGG]

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” - Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette


“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.”― Lisa Lutz


“Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.” - Unknown

[Duchess]

"Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect."
— George Santayana(f)

"My confidence always pulls me through the toughest of battle fields, and I somehow walk away confidently."
— Rose Mashigo(f)

[~ocean]

~ Don't tell me ~~ show me ~ actions speak louder than words ~

[Bèsame*]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m98t91BGOL1ryur80o1_500.jpg

[Sun]

Teach Only Love ~ A Course in Miracles

[Kobi]

http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/192x/ad/b9/61/adb96115f297e8c1bd7c6a53fca18e7a.jpg

[SnackTime]

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[justanolecowboy]

_____BUT when she came up against me like silver foil all fragrance and warm presence - everything else was gone from my mind.
- (from movie: Hi-Lo Country)

[Degotoga]

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. - Lao Tzu

[puddin']

"children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "all the things that could go wrong.” ~marianne williamson

[Bèsame*]

Ever notice how "What the hell" is always the right answer?
Marilyn Monroe

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Mae West

[Duchess]

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
— Mother Teresa

"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinion drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
— Steve Jobs

[dixie]

http://inspirably.com/uploads/user/2880-dont-judge-me-by-my-past-i-dont-live-there-anymore.png

[MegBluEyz]

"Perfect love is rare indeed -
for to be a lover will require
that you continually have
the subtlety of the very wise,
the flexibility of the child,
the sensitivity of the artist,
the understanding of the philosopher,
the acceptance of the saint,
the tolerance of the scholar and
the fortitude of the certain."
~Leo Buscaglia~

[Duchess]

"The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it"
— Mark Twain

"I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely."
— Kim Basinger

[Sun]

Pride is concerned with who is right,
Humility is concerned with what is right - Ezra T Benson

[Semantics]

I slept before a wall of books and they
calmed everything in the room, even
their contents, even me, woken
by the cold and thrill, and still
they said, like the Dutch verb for falling
silent that English has no accommodation for
in the attics and rafters of its intimacies.

Zwijgen by Saskia Hamilton (1967)

[Latino.Hrt]

-Only those who risk going too far can know how far they can go.

[JAGG]

“Everything happens for a reason. Just be patient.” ― Michael Christos Zeis

“Hope in the beginning feels like such a violation of the loss, and yet without it we couldn't survive.” ― Gail Caldwell


“So don't be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression, since you don't know what work they are accomplishing within you?” ― Rainer Maria Rilke,

[little_ms_sunshyne]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/381018_2355392220625_1358410744_n.jpg

[VintageFemme]

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
e. e. cummings

[Sun]

They too are created by the same loving hand of God which created us, It is our duty to protect them and to promote their well being. ~ Mother Teresa re: animals

[Duchess]

"Fear less; hope more. Eat less; chew more. Talk less; say more. Hate less; love more."
— Abigail Buren

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."
— Ambrose Redmoon

"Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight."
— Francis Bacon

[Fire]

“I told her, Don't touch me that way. Don't come at me with that sour-cream smile. Come at me as if I were worth your life - the life we make together. Take me like a turtle whose shell must be cracked, whose heart is ice, who needs your heat. Love me like a warrior, sweat up to your earlobes and all your hope between your teeth. Love me so I know I am at least as important as anything you have ever wanted.”
― Dorothy Allison, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure

[Trev]

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
~Mother Teresa

[Trev]

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
~Bob Marley

[Trev]

“You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out.”
~ Sarah Dessen

“Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.”
~ Wm. Paul Young

[justanolecowboy]

“He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.”
― Lao Tzu (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2622245.Lao_Tzu)

[justanolecowboy]

“Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”
― Charles Kingsley (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15568.Charles_Kingsley)

[MegBluEyz]

.

"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

[Degotoga]

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Trev]

"A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul."
~David Gemmell

"The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems"
~Billy Joel

[JAGG]

“It feels incredible to be outside when I’m supposed to be inside. The sensation of freedom is intoxicating." - Sara Dueling





“Somebody knows.”― Ally Carter



“I like the truth, even when it does trouble me.” ― Juliet Marillier

[Talon]

~*May all of the stars in the sky, bow down before you. :moonstars:

[Bèsame*]

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[Kobi]

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.

Tom Robbins

[justanolecowboy]

“Oh yeah? What did you have last night?"
"Turkey sandwich on wheat. With a pickle."
"And the night before?"
"Turkey sandwich on wheat. No pickle."
She giggled. "What was the last hot meal you cooked?"
He pretended to rack his brains. "Uh...beans and franks. On Monday.”
― Nicholas Sparks (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2345.Nicholas_Sparks), The Lucky One (http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3094402)


(this is pretty much (me and her) only substitute Turkey Sandwich for Bologna or a cold taco) ...lol

[Talon]

O'Connell was staggering home with a small bottle of Paddy in his back pocket when he slipped and fell heavily.
Struggling to his feet, he felt something wet running down his leg.

"Please God," he implored, "let it be blood!"

[Trev]

"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!."
~Bob Marley

"A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all."
~Unknown

[Duchess]

"People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true."
— Robert Ringer

[Enchantress]

“Do you think I've gone round the bend?"
"I'm afraid so. You're mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”

Lewis Carroll
(Alice In Wonderland)

[MissItalianDiva]

Just when you think you've got it all together, things you have never seen or heard will present themselves in your life. They will push you, test you and challenge you to do more growing, more learning, more of what we have already done. Very often, when this happens, we are tempted to believe that we have done something wrong or that we missed something. Rarely do we understand that you cannot get too much of a good thing, and growing, learning, and living are all good things.

~Iyanla Vanzant

[JAGG]

“While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success.” ― Steve Maraboli


“Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress.” ― Steve Maraboli




“Many people succeed when others do not believe in them. But rarely does a person succeed when he does not believe in himself.” ― Herb True

[Katniss]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6_IWtRRpdNs/TIwgpNadcWI/AAAAAAAAFJk/v310q60vuug/s640/this-is-your-life1.jpg


Katniss~~(and last but not least, life turns on a dime. Practice the art of extreme appreciation.)

[Trev]

“What you say and how you look does not define who you are,because some of the most beautiful people do the ugliest things.You owe it to the people who hate you, who disrespect you and who put you down,
because they’re the ones who have made you who you are today,for keeping your head up and not breaking down when they want you to.”
~ Amber Ward

[Katniss]

I overheard this today from an older gentleman talking to a younger man at a church gathering and I wanted to share the sentiment;

"Don't be so busy trying to live a lifestyle that you forget to live your life."


Katniss~~

[Kobi]

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen. It gives us hope by helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up and no longer trying. We must never give up, regardless of temptations, frustrations, disappointments, or discouragements.

Joseph P. Wirthlin

[Talon]

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.
Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind.


~Henri-Frederic Amiel

[Duchess]

"What I've felt most inspired by is that, like Scripture, when you reach the end of the story, it's a new beginning."
— Steven Chapman

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
— Helen Keller

[MegBluEyz]

.


“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”
Deepak Chopra

[Fancy]

“I hate the word failure, but I love the word mistake.”

- Lisa Gersh, President and COO, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

[Latino.Hrt]

......when your choices are your own...you will be more likely to accept and be satisfied with the outcome of those choices___

[JAGG]

“A truth that no one knows is still the truth.” ― Sharon Shinn


" You want strength? You want happiness? You want independence? You want peace? Then learn to live without others approval, and praise." Unknown


" Saying it doesn't make it so, writing it doesn't make it so, hoping it doesn't make it so, dreaming it doesn't make it so. Doing it, now you might be on to something." - Unknown

[Trev]

“When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.”
~ Albert Einstein

[Bèsame*]

Love doesn't make the world go round.

Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

“You feel your strength in the experience of pain.”
― Jim Morrison

[Duchess]

Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
~Brian Tracy

[Fancy]

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Maya Angelou

[Talon]

A sea wind changes less often than the mind of a weak man.

[Sun]

When Love comes suddenly and taps
on your window, run and let it in but first
shut the door of your reason.
Even the smallest hint chases love away
like smoke that drowns the freshness
of the morning breeze.
To reason Love can only say,
the way is barred, you can't pass through
but to the lover it offers a hundred blessings.
Before the mind decides to take a step
Love has reached the seventh heaven.
Before the mind can figure how
Love has climbed the Holy Mountain.
I must stop this talk now and let
Love speak from its nest of silence.

- Rumi

[Degotoga]

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao Tzu

[MegBluEyz]

"Fake paper flowers, however beautifully crafted, can spread no fragrance. Being true to yourself makes you genuine, that is strong as well as meaningful." ~Unknown

[JAGG]

“Silence does not always mark wisdom.” ― Samuel Taylor Coleridge



"Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." -Desmond Tutu



“If you don't feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated.”
― Paul F. Davis

[Duchess]

"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today."
— William White

[justanolecowboy]

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” - Jess C. Scott (the intern)

[Trev]

“Nothing, Everything, Anything, Something: If you have nothing, then you have everything, because you have the freedom to do anything, without the fear of losing something.”
~ Jarod Kintz


“The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you
want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve."
~ Brian Tracy

[Enchantress]

I do like challenge.

Ang Lee

[Bèsame*]

http://myquoteshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/3+spring-quotes-2.png

[Katniss]

“Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Katniss~~(feeling that divine discontent indeed)

[Kobi]

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

Audrey Hepburn

[Katniss]

"Ana, you make me ache in places that aren't even physical”

― Jodi Meadows, Incarnate

Katniss~~(now *thats* hot!)

[Enchantress]

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”

Rainer Maria Rilke

[Spirit Dancer]

“This was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness.
It did not mean hearts and flowers and a happy ending,
but the knowledge that another's well-being is more important than one's own.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Lost in Time




“Love" is a that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own...
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition.
The immature mind often mistakes one for the other,
or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy”
― Robert A. Heinlein

[Talon]

A leader is a dealer in hope.


~Nepolean Bonaparte

[Novelafemme]

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/246572_549313418433974_87949480_n.jpg


“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...”

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

[MegBluEyz]

. (one of my favorite poets)

I once asked a bird,
"How is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness?"
She responded,
"Love lifts me."
~ Hafiz

[Degotoga]

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. - Robert Burton

[JAGG]

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.


“No guts, no story.”― Chris Brady


“When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.”― Jordan Belfort

[thedivahrrrself]

“People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.”
― Albert Camus

“You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.”
― Nicholas Sparks

"Tell a girl she’s beautiful and she’ll believe it for a moment. Tell a girl she’s worthless, and she’ll believe it for the rest of her life."

[Bèsame*]

The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing,whispering, clamoring,murmuring,inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to loose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.


The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, caressing embrace.

[Katniss]

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[Kobi]

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”
― Audrey Hepburn


“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
― Audrey Hepburn

[Talon]

I was always facinated by people who are considered completely normal,
because I find them the weirdest of all.


~Johnny Depp

[Degotoga]

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. - Buddha

[MegBluEyz]

.

"Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater." But I say unto you, They Are Inseparable. ~ Kahlil Gibran

[little_ms_sunshyne]

"We are all a little weird,and when we find someone who's weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up and fall in mutual weirdness, and call it love."

~ Dr. Seuss

This made me smile!

[Enchantress]

"Faith is a passionate intuition."

William Wordsworth

[JAGG]

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” ― Corrie ten Boom


“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.” ― Sarah Dessen


“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

[little_ms_sunshyne]

"That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone.
You belong."

`F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Kobi]

Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?

Leo Buscaglia

[justanolecowboy]

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is (most) significant and important. - S. Kierkegaard

[JAGG]

"Attention to detail, is the trademark of superior quality. " - Ben Franklin

"Those who ignore the details are embracers of mediocrity."-Henry Ford

" The dim witted see only the big picture. Attend to the little things as the big ones will tend to themselves." - Thomas Jefferson

[Fancy]

“It is easy to feel that something bad will happen if we don’t maintain our habitual vigilance by thinking, judging, planning.
Yet this is the very habit that keeps us trapped in resisting life.
Only when we realize we can’t hold on to anything can we begin to relax our efforts to control our experience.”

~ Radical Acceptance

[s0litude]

I was always facinated by people who are considered completely normal,
because I find them the weirdest of all.

~Johnny Depp

Very nice.... And along the same lines, a favourite of mine:

"Normal is not something to aspire to; it's something to get away from."
~Jodie Foster

[Talon]

Very nice.... And along the same lines, a favourite of mine:

"Normal is not something to aspire to; it's something to get away from."
~Jodie Foster



Yes...and yes..sOlitude...I enjoy an edge.

[MegBluEyz]

"What is love?"

"The total absence of fear," said the Master.

"What is it we fear?"

"Love," said the Master.

Anthony De Mello

[Duchess]

"Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it."
— Albert Einstein

[Duchess]

"The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behavior affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually."
— Greg Anderson

[Trev]

“Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on.
I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.”
~ Jonathan Safran Foer

[Duchess]

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
— Harriet Stowe

[JAGG]

“Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end.”
― Lauren DeStefano

“Education is no substitute for intelligence.” ― Frank Herbert


“But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you understand why you are here.”
― Paulo Coelho

[Bèsame*]

I don't know what they are called,the spaces between seconds-but I think of you always in those intervals.

[Kobi]

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[Talon]

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.


~Dr. Seuss

[Bèsame*]

http://img3.etsystatic.com/006/0/6843146/il_fullxfull.385961347_7ceh.jpg

[Bèsame*]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hZr77k2SL._SL500_SS500_.jpg

[Katniss]

KINDNESS

Kind words can be short
and easy to speak,
but their echoes
are truly endless.

- Mother Teresa



Katniss~~

[little_ms_sunshyne]

"Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out."
~Alan Cohen

[Duchess]

"Enlightenment must come little by little-otherwise it would overwhelm."
— Idries Shah


"The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition. Such intuitions give the appearance of miraculous flushes, or short-circuits of reasoning. In fact they may be likened to an immersed chain, of which only the beginning and the end are visible above the surface of consciousness. The diver vanishes at one end of the chain and comes up at the other end, guided by invisible links."
— Arthur Koestler

[s0litude]

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.


~Dr. Seuss
Some quotes NEVER go out of style! Regardless of how old I get.

[MegBluEyz]

"When life gives you something that makes you feel afraid, that’s when life gives you a chance to be brave." ~ Anonymous

[Trev]

"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."
~Richard Moss

"Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it."
~Unknown

[Kobi]

Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Erich Fromm

[justanolecowboy]

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. ---George Washington Carver

[Katniss]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/416782_10151134329487753_876106137_n.jpg

[Trev]

"Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done."
~Bo Bennett

[Bèsame*]

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to somebody else.

[Enchantress]

"Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan."


Albert Schweitzer

[JAGG]

“I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am." ― Stephen Chbosky


“What sexual preference do you hope she has?” “Happiness.” Isnt that cool?”
― Francesca Lia Block

“It's all about love. We're either in love, dreaming about love, recovering from it, wishing for it or reflecting on it. That's what this record [Call Me Irresponsible] is about.”
― Michael Bublé

[Kobi]

A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.

Billy Graham

[Katniss]

http://rmhcaustin.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/poverty.jpg

So let us fight the poverty of the heart today...let someone know you care and/or appreciate them.

Katniss~~

[JAGG]

"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."
~Richard Moss

"Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it."
~Unknown

I love this: "If you can't put your heart in it, take yourself out of it. " That is exactly what I do !

[jenny]

“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” ~ Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie

[StrongButch]

1) An untroubled mind,no longer seeking to consider What is right and what is wrong. A mind beyond judgements, watches and understands. 2) Love is a mystery. You cant find it, it has to find you. 3) Love knows no answer for it does not question. 4) You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. 5) Sunshine surrounds the earth as love surrounds our souls.

[Duchess]

"Love and appreciate me for me, not through set societal standards."
— Rose Mashigo

[MegBluEyz]

“Life is a journey, the destination is unknown, the only endeavors we should really make are to live it with love, live it real and engage in truth with everything that comes across our path." –Fresh

[JAGG]

“I'm not mean, I'm honest. Most people are rarely straightforward. But sometimes people need to hear the truth.” ― Jessica Warman



“If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.” ― Jodi Picoult


“Intent without dedicated action is simply not enough. Action without a clear intent is a waste. It is when these two powerful forces are aligned that the energy of the universe conspires in your favor.” ― Steve Maraboli

[Trev]

“Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.”
~ Lemony Snicket,

[Fancy]

<3 a quote from a friend today:

"I want my daughter (and every girl) to be faced with tough decisions in her formative years of adolescence. Decisions like should I be a doctor or a lawyer? Should I take calculus as a junior or a senior? Do I want to go to Texas A&M or University of Texas or some Ivy League School? Should I raise awareness for slave trafficking or lack of water in developing nations? There are many, many more questions that all young women should be asking themselves… not will a boy (or girl) like me if I wear a “call me” thong."

[Sun]

The fact that you cant sell your daughter for 3 goats and a cow means
we have already redefined marriage ~ Believe Out Loud

[Duchess]

"I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life.""
— Maya Angelou