Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[KCBUTCH]

"Moments between mine and yours; a breath, a touch, a whisper. Desires lost on those who matter little to my heart. A deep ache for the meaning of it all. Lost in the semantics, context dynamic. Supple skin begs to be stroked, wet lips, anxious wanting, the mound rises with you in mind. Reaching, throbbing, pulling and prodding. Will it end here with a verbal assault of the body? A game of power and pride. A playful story, a cheerful friend...Do you not see more in me? All I have is a picture, faded..." -ME (4/19/13)

[LadyLike]

It's a windy day ....I invite the wind to blow upon me and take my troubles away ...I will not forget the lessons but I allow the toxic behaviors of myself and others to go with the wind .....I am blessed and I am very much awake ! Forgiveness is present!thank you to all

[LadyLike]

"A deep sigh, the crisp spring air of night whispers to me as I laze about. My thoughts turn to my youth, running in the shadows at dusk. Home as the sun went down. A simpler time. A wondrous adventure around every corner, hills to roll down, fields to walk in, lakes to swim, and battles to win. My wooden sword at the ready, a noble stead at my beckon call, Storm the towering trees to rescue said fair maiden...Strolling, greeting, dreaming."-ME (4/18/2013 1007)

awwww the simple times of childhood :) what amazing moments in this journey :)

[Miss Scarlett]

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[Duchess]

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul."
— John Muir

[Kobi]

"When your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion, of loving, that was not there when you were
trapped in mental concepts. You are that depth."
- Eckhart Tolle



"For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe."
- Larry Eisenberg

[MegBluEyz]

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“Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we’re frantic, life will be frantic. If we are peaceful, life will be peaceful.” –Marianne Williamson

[KCBUTCH]

SKY ABOVE ME
EARTH BELOW ME
FIRE WITHIN ME

[Ms. Meander]

Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.

Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.

- Hafiz

[Enchantress]

"Life is short, Break the Rules.
Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly.
Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably.
And, never regret anything that makes you smile."

Mark Twain

[Kätzchen]

I do like to play the game of chess, but my love for playing the game is not about winning - it is more about the moves, the logic behind the move, the inestimable capacity and resilency of making the best move possible.

We begin with Garry Kasparov, the world champion who said this of another world champion, Anatoly Karpov.

1) Karpov’s strongest point, and maybe his weakest, is that he doesn’t look for the best move.

For those of you who enjoy reading chess books, the best chess author of the 20th century was Irving Chernev, who gives us an observation on masters, followed by two more observations from Aron Nimzowitsch and Andrew Soltis, both masters.

2) A master looks at every move he would like to make, especially the impossible ones.

3) It is when working under limitations that the master reveals himself.

4) Masters…know when to panic.

http://www.chess.com/blog/kurtgodden/best-chess-quotes-youve-never-seen?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent=old_frontend_blog_view

[Angeltoes]

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

~Maureen Dowd

[cinnamongrrl]

Now Close the Windows

Now close the windows and hush all the fields:
If the trees must, let them silently toss;
No bird is singing now, and if there is,
Be it my loss.

It will be long ere the marshes resume,
It will be long ere the earliest bird:
So close the windows and not hear the wind,
But see all wind-stirred.

Robert Frost

[girl_dee]

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

[JAGG]

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.” ― Christian Nestell Bovee


“Don't die without fulfilling your purpose.”― Jaachynma N.E. Agu


“INTENT reveals desire; ACTION reveals commitment.” ― Steve Maraboli

[Janstevie]

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.

[Katniss]

A Color of the Sky

Windy today and I feel less than brilliant,
driving over the hills from work.
There are the dark parts on the road
when you pass through clumps of wood
and the bright spots where you have a view of the ocean,
but that doesn’t make the road an allegory.

I should call Marie and apologize
for being so boring at dinner last night,
but can I really promise not to be that way again?
And anyway, I’d rather watch the trees, tossing
in what certainly looks like sexual arousal.

Otherwise it’s spring, and everything looks frail;
the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves
are full of infant chlorophyll,
the very tint of inexperience.

Last summer’s song is making a comeback on the radio,
and on the highway overpass,
the only metaphysical vandal in America has written
MEMORY LOVES TIME
in big black spraypaint letters,

which makes us wonder if Time loves Memory back.

Last night I dreamed of X again.
She’s like a stain on my subconscious sheets.
Years ago she penetrated me
but though I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed,
I never got her out,
but now I’m glad.

What I thought was an end turned out to be a middle.
What I thought was a brick wall turned out to be a tunnel.
What I thought was an injustice
turned out to be a color of the sky.

Outside the youth center, between the liquor store
and the police station,
a little dogwood tree is losing its mind;

overflowing with blossomfoam,
like a sudsy mug of beer;
like a bride ripping off her clothes,

dropping snow white petals to the ground in clouds,

so Nature’s wastefulness seems quietly obscene.
It’s been doing that all week:
making beauty,
and throwing it away,
and making more.

Tony Hoagland

Katniss~~(I kind of like the fact my green lawn is littered with cherry blossoms!)

[Trev]

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."
~Unknown

"Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness."
~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

[Kobi]

A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul. ~Plato


Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth." Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path." For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals. ~Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923

[femmeInterrupted]

"If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.
And if our hands should meet in another dream, we shall build another tower in the sky.
So saying he made a signal to the seamen, and straightaway they weighed anchor and cast the ship loose from its moorings, and they moved eastward.
And a cry came from the people as from a single heart, and it rose the dusk and was carried out over the sea like a great trumpeting.
Only Almitra was silent, gazing after the ship until it had vanished into the mist.
And when all the people were dispersed she still stood alone upon the sea-wall, remembering in her heart his saying,
A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me."

[KCBUTCH]

A thick warm morning already,
the suns shines boldly upon my skin.

Kisses and a tail wag and were off for our morning jaunt
exploring scents, greeting and being...

I often question which of us is more protective he or I?
My muscle bound buddy, my best friend, confidant, go to...
He's a prince, a love and kind, he is no Alpha but that's my job.

He minds me, despite his stubborn willfulness, the breed is like that.
Determined... I admire that.

My furry friend. My sweet boy.
To laze around my days with you, a great pleasure!
-KC (4/21/13)

[justanolecowboy]

The Firefighter Within
Never give up.
Never give in.
Fight 'til you lose...
(or) fight 'til you win.
Never let up. Never let down. Never let the frightened see you frown. Wield your weapons, conquer all fears. Work 'til your sweat...replaces their tears. Learn from your losses. Savor your wins. Prepare for the next one. And battle again.

[JAGG]

" Because I was right all along. Home isn't a place it's a feeling. And when we are together we both know we are home. That is the only way I can explain it." - The Vera Wood files


“My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily.” ― D.H. Lawrence


“Even "meant to be" takes work.” ― Donna Lynn Hope

[Lasiurus_cinereus]

“It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.” - Henry Rollins

[girl_dee]

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."
~Unknown

"Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness."
~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Perfect. Thank you :)

[Talon]

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.


~Nietzsche



Brevity is the soul of the wit.


~Shakespeare

[MegBluEyz]

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"See the world as yourself. Have faith in the way things are.
Love the world as yourself: then you can care for all things."
-Tao Te Ching

[StrongButch]

1) There are really only two options regarding commitment your either in or your out. 2) Love is a symbol of eternity.It wipes out all sense of time,all memory of a beginning and all fear of an ending. 3) Love puts the fun in together,the sad in apart,the joy in a heart. 4) Commitment and passion transform dreams into realities. 5) Without commitment,you cannot have depth in anything,wheather it be a relationship,a business or hobby.

[macele]

"I don't have the answers, Charley. But I know that people get confused in this life about what they want and what they've done and what they think they should have because of it. Everything they think they are or did takes hold so hard that it won't let them see what they can be. I've got a big idea about us, Charley. And I'm not gonna wait forever. But I am gonna wait. And when you're far away, I want you to think about that. And... come back to me."

-- Sue Barlow(Annette Bening) from the movie Open Range

[Katniss]

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[JAGG]

“Happiness is a choice. So design your life in such a way that it's easy to choose. ”-Unknown


“Relationships: If you will put up with it, you will end up with it. Set the standard you want and don’t settle for less.” ― Steve Maraboli


“You will be your best self when you take time to understand what you really need, feel and want.”
― Deborah Day

[Enchantress]

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”


Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

[dixie]

‎What angers us in another person is more often than not an unhealed aspect of ourselves. If we had already resolved that particular issue, we would not be irritated by its reflection back to us.- Simon Peter Fuller

[Trev]

"A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed."
~Unknown

[Duchess]

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[Trev]

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."
~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

[Fancy]

“It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and attention to this instead of important political issues.”

~Eve Ensler

[jenny]

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” ~ Douglas Adams

[MegBluEyz]

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“The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.” –Marianne Williamson

[jenny]

“I think you should learn, of course, and some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything. And you can feel it inside of you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It's hollow.” ~ E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Just heard that E. L. Konigsburg has died. What a tremendous loss.

[Angeltoes]

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

[-Red-Flag-]

“yesterday I carved your name
into the surface of an ice cube
then held it against my chest
‘til it melted into my aching pores”

-Andrea Gibson

[JAGG]

“If you do not have persistence then no amount of education, talent or genius can make up for it.”― Stephen Richards


“ A wise person is not someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems by properly preparing .” ― Prem Rawat


“If you want to lead an extraordinary life, find out what the ordinary do,and then don't do it.” ― Tommy Newberry

[Trev]

"If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances."
~Unknown

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."
~Seneca

"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle."
~Paulo Coelho

[jenny]

"No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved! You know, for a little bit? I feel like the maid; I just cleaned up this mess! Can we keep it clean for... for ten minutes!" ~ Mr. Incredible, "The Incredibles"

[always2late]

Let go or be dragged ~ Zen proverb

[MissItalianDiva]

Release and detach from every person, every circumstance, every condition, and every situation that no longer serves a divine purpose in your life. All things have a season, and all seasons must come to an end. Choose a new season, filled with purposeful thoughts and activities.

~~Iyanla Vanzant

[JAGG]

" Why would you stay with someone who would sap all the energy and all the joy from you . Someone who would dull your vitality, and squelch your motivation ? Get with someone who would fan your fire, who would match and nurture your desires."― Mary Balogh


“Isn't it funny how ignorance is the source of strength of so many?”
― Lionel Suggs


“You are not in competition with anybody except yourself;plan to outdo your past not other people.” ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu

[Duchess]

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”

Paulo Coelho

[Kobi]

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.

~John Ciardi

[Talon]

To a sightless man a ruby and a pebble are the same.

[JAGG]

“Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom”
― Jim Rohn


“Learn from the past, live in the present, plan for the future”
― Audrey Farrell

“ Being nice isn't the same as being good.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan

[JAGG]

" There is no time to wait for someday. Today is happening right now! Get on board or be left behind." - Unknown

[Trev]

"A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."
~Oscar Wilde

[LadyRieinAL]

SMILESARE FREE
AND
EASY TO GIVE

[LadyRieinAL]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[Talon]

You can pull the teeth from the wolf but it's inclinations will remain.

[Trev]

"If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it."
~Brendan Francis

"Love without reverence and enthusiasm is only friendship."
~George Sand

[JAGG]

“There's a cover for every pot, but I've never seen so many mismatched pots and covers in all my life. - Ellen Wasserfeldman



" A quiet night is not the same as a silent night.- Unknown


“Then there are the simple things. The way she fits against my side when we’re sitting together. How she can silence my addled thoughts with one look. The sound of my name from her lips. The way she can make a moment, any moment, a thousands times better when she is there. How the simplest pleasures in life become exciting with the promise of sharing the experience with her.”
― Erik Tomblin

[Ascot]

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
~Francis Bacon

[Bèsame*]

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[Trey339]

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.

~Ajahn Chah~

[MegBluEyz]

"Sometimes the fastest way isn't always the best way.
Sometimes the best things in life take a while." -Emily Beth

[Trey339]

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[Trev]

“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
~ Barbara Kingsolver

“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.”
~Amy Tan

[JAGG]

“Routine feeds the illusion of safety...” ― Christopher Moore

“Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.”
― Raymond E. Feist



“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― MLK Jr.

[Metro]

"We can do better. We can have a lasting, positive impact on the lives of those around us."

-- Barack Obama

[Trev]

"I love walking in the rain, 'cause then no-one knows I'm crying."
~Unknown

"The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which, a times, becomes almost insupportable."
~Victor Hugo

[Trev]

"As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behaviour. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works."
~John Maxwell

[Talon]

Let me..
Love,
Give,
Serve,
Purify,
Meditate,
Realize.

[Hollylane]

"We can do better. We can have a lasting, positive impact on the lives of those around us."

-- Barack Obama

I like this, I really really like this. Thank you for posting it.

[Metro]

I like this, I really really like this. Thank you for posting it.

He spoke those profound words at The White House Correspondents Dinner the other day... inspiring, indeed. :)

[JAGG]

“Sometimes I feel like relationships consist of telling your same life stories to different people until someone finally appreciates them.”
― Kate Rockland


“You asked what I wanted and I'm not going to lie to you. What I want most is the naked truth. I want to strip away every stubborn layer until you're bared to me. And then I'm going to show you how to love right.”
― Nadège Richards


“Every situation is different; it requires a unique response.”
― Brett Swabey

[thedivahrrrself]

A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood.
~John Gray

[macele]

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[Trey339]

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[Trey339]

A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood.
~John Gray

No truer words. Fantastic quote.

[Fancy]

"Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start... The most you can do is stand up for what you believe in."

- NBA player Jason Collins on his decision to come out

[MegBluEyz]

“Acceptance is the secret of contentment. Appreciation is the secret of happiness.” -Brahma Kumaris”

[StrongButch]

I choose to live by choice,not by chance,to make changes,not excuses,to be motivated and not manipulated,to be useful,not used. I choose self-esteem,not self pity,to listen to my inner voice,not the random opinions of others.

[jenny]

"Say what you feel, love who you love. 'Cause you just get so many trips 'round the sun. Yeah, you only, only live once..." ~ Kacey Musgraves, "Follow Your Arrow"

[Ms. Meander]

Think of love as a state of grace; not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end in itself.
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

[MegBluEyz]

"This is your time to fly away and chase all your dreams, remember life is like a play, you must act each scene with passion--embracing and enjoying the part. If you should ever get lost along the way, look to the stars, take a deep breath and follow your heart."

[Jean_TX]

"The truth may set you free, but it's the little white lies that will save your ass." (James Patterson)

[JAGG]

“The door, will always be open, and I will always be waiting at it for you.” ― J.M. Barrie


“Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.” ― Francis Gray


“Action is what makes hope a reality.” ― Timothy M. Brenner

[Trev]

"I'd rather lose myself in passion than lose my passion."
~Jacques Mayol

[justanolecowboy]

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[SugarFemme]

“It's just that 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. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too.”
― Stephen Chbosky

[jenny]

“I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.” ~ E.L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday

[Bèsame*]

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[JAGG]

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Look an empty chair !!!! Can I put my towel there. I will be back in about 7 hours when I get hungry. Lol

[MissItalianDiva]

Shhhh! Don't tell that story again! Don't utter another syllable about the pain, the losses that have left you broken, unless you are ready to recover right now. Stop dragging yourself back there, reminding yourself of how bad it was for you then unless it has some relevance to what you are doing right now. Each time you think about, talk about, or remember then, you put that energy squarely in the middle of your life right now.

~~Iyanla Vanzant

[Janstevie]

Once you lick the frosting off a cupcake it becomes a muffin and muffins are healthy.

[Duchess]

"We need to make judgments, of course - to observe what works and what doesn't, but not to be judgmental. Being judgmental is a form of madness that screams powerlessness and ruthlessness. When we can make good judgments and update them and not stay rigid, we come from goodwill and promote goodwill back to us."
— Patricia Sun

[Trey339]

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[Trev]

"We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying."
~Sue Grafton

[justanolecowboy]

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk;
If you can't walk then crawl.
But whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. ♥

~ Martin Luther King Jr

[tantalizingfemme]

If a person wants to be a part of your life, they will make an obvious effort to do so. Think twice before reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay.

[JAGG]

"Rejection is an opportunity for you to make a better selection.” ― Bernard Branson



"He had loved her more than he had anyone, he would have done anything for her, including giving his life. But she had no time for him, he was not a priority to her. So he found someone else to give his love to. And then of course she had all the time in the world for him. He became her only priority. But it was never a game to him, and it wasn't now. He had found someone else." - The Vera Wood Files



“A relationship could be a place to hide too.” ― Deb Caletti

[Metro]

http://tinyurl.com/bt2us8j

You know, Bill...there's one thing I've learned in all my years. Sometimes you gotta say, 'What the fuck. Make your move.'

-- Tom Cruse as Joel (Risky Business, 1983)

[~baby~doll~]

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way.” by Pablo Neruda

[MissItalianDiva]

You must have faith that all of the things you expect from life are possible for you. You must have faith that no matter what life brings you, you will be able to handle it. You must have faith that your faith will eventually lead to good experiences.

~Iyanla Vanzant

[thedivahrrrself]

"What counts in making a good relationship is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility."

[Bèsame*]

Don't take things personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say or do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

Don Miguel Ruiz

[VintageFemme]

The thing you hope will never happen to you might just happen to someone else instead, who has been spending their life dreading the thing that will happen to you.

― Lemony Snicket (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/36746.Lemony_Snicket), Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

[Trey339]

We must work within the parameters of others' limitations ~tlh

[Kobi]

In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against each other, in the final analysis, the thing that will strike you most is not who was right or wrong, strong or weak, wise or foolish......but who went to the greater lengths in considering the other's perspective.

~Mike Dooley

[JAGG]

“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. ”
― Marie Dressler

“It is stupid to hope, but sometimes hope is all you have.” ― Cassandra Clare



“When you know that everything matters—that every move counts as much as any other—you will begin living a life of permanent purpose.”
― Andy Andrews

[Bèsame*]

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[always2late]

Throwdown
by Jena Strong

give me the drag queens, dolled up and delicious
the two moms bickering over the dishes
the orphans, adopted, the chosen, the trannies
the witches, the protestors, tattooed laughing grannies
the boys wearing tutus and all the shirtless
daughters of the revolution playing basketball
on the broken courts of lost fathers
the failures, the forgotten, the throwdown, the freak show
the hurts and the heartbreaks, the hassles and headaches
the beggar, the baron, the shelter, the clambake
trade in the cynical, the stubborn, the splintering showdown
because it's time to unite now, yes it's time to ignite now
it's time to pick up the phone to say, It's me and I love you

[ahk]

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.--Brandy Norwood

[MegBluEyz]

"You are the only one who can change your story, and you do this by changing the relationship with yourself.” -don Miguel Ruiz

[Nat]

"I am NOT the girl the guy gets at the end of the movie. I am not a fantasy. If you want me, EARN ME." - Olivia Pope (Scandal)

[Trev]

"Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life."
~Herbert A. Otto

"If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you."
~T. Alan Armstrong

[macele]

i saw that. -- karma

[JAGG]

"Lies only strengthen our defects. They don't teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one's character, one's mind, one's heart or one's soul. There is beauty in the truth even if it's painful.” ― José N. Harris


“Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.” ― Henry David Thoreau


“Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?” ― Sarah Dessen

[Duchess]

"If a fat person disgusts you, if you're afraid of black people, if you're grossed out by gays kissing, know this: Your intolerance says way more about you than about those who repel you. When you're judging someone by weight and not moral compass, intelligence, empathy, creativity, talent or sense of humor, what kind of person are you? If you see two people — one fat and one thin — and say that the fat one disgusts you, what happens if you find out that the fat one is a loving mother and vet and the thin one is a serial killer?"

DODAI STEWART

[Janstevie]

A problem shared is gossip.

[Trev]

"A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice."
~Bill Crosby

"What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable."
~Louise Nevelson

"A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough."
~Unknown

[gaea]

Eternal Aphrodite. Zeus's daughter, throne
Of inlay, deviser of nets, I entreat you:
Do not let a yoke of grief and anguish weigh down my soul, lady,

But come to me now, as you did before
When, hearing my cries even at the distance
You slammed the door of your fathers house--
Golden! and hastened

To harness your chariot. Then pretty sparrows
Drew you forthwith over the dark lands,
Beating their crisp wings. From the outer spheres,
Down through the inner,

Steeply they descended. Ar last you, Divine Lady,
Beaming your unearthly smile at me,
Asked was I in distress once again ---for,
Why had I called you?

And what did my unruly heart demand
Of you now?"and whom do I urge this time
To return your generous friendship? Who,
Sappho has been stubborn?"

For if she avoids you soon she will come
Knocking;if refuses presents, will shower them on you; if she loves not, she shall love, and learn to be kinder.

I beg you, come. Free me from this oppression.
All that my heart longs to see accomplished,
Goddess, do it. No one could resist if you were fighting beside me

Alfred Corn

[Trey339]

http://i39.tinypic.com/727xug.jpg

[LukeCian]

"There are many bleached bones on the battlefield of decision. Because at the moment of decision people pause and die in the waiting." - Unknown

[Princess]

He's like fire and ice and rage.
He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun.
He's ancient and forever.
He burns at the center of time, and He can see the turn of the universe.
..and He's wonderful.


Oh Dr. Who... *Swoon*

[Duchess]

Hey I found your nose. It was in my business again.

Sweet Anki

[Kätzchen]

"I sat on a park bench near a willow tree. I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an afterthought. There is a way to be good again. I looked up at those twin kites. I thought about Hassan. Thought about Baba. Ali. Kabul. I thought of the life I had lived until the winter of 1975 came along and changed everything. And made me what I am today." -- Amir

The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini (2003)

[JAGG]

“Angry people are rarely wise.” ― Jane Austen


“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on changes -- not excuses.” ― William Arthur Ward


" It is really pointless to be angry about something you can change, unless you're too lazy to change it." - B S Browner

[Trev]

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
~Herm Albright

"The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth."
~Sharon Lee

[Trey339]

http://i40.tinypic.com/4uyydf.jpg

[~baby~doll~]

Love


Because of you, in gardens of blossoming flowers
I ache from the perfumes of spring.


I have forgotten your face,
I no longer remember your hands;
how did your lips feel on mine?


Because of you, I love the white statues drowsing in the parks
the white statues that have neither voice nor sight.


I have forgotten your voice, your happy voice;
I have forgotten your eyes.


Like a flower to its perfume,
I am bound to my vague memory of you.
I live with pain that is like a wound;
if you touch me, you will do me irreparable harm.


Your caresses enfold me,
like climbing vines on melancholy walls.
I have forgotten your love,
yet I seem to glimpse you in every window.


Because of you, the heady perfumes of summer pain me;
because of you, I again seek out the signs that precipitates desires:
shooting stars and falling objects.

by: Pablo Neruda

[DMW]

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.

Henry Miller

[JAGG]

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
― Benjamin Franklin



“Realize that everything connects to everything else.”
― Leonardo da Vinci



“I didn't have to remember it kept repeating : The heart cannot lie.”
― Obengbia Leyony

[Duchess]

"Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one."

— Japanese Proverb

[thedivahrrrself]

I've spent most of my working life with men and they have this way of operating which seems a bit alien to me.
Janet Street-Porter

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
John Lubbock

If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That's why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club, so that when they see you doing this, they will take you away for a little chat.
Lewis Black

[thedivahrrrself]

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.
Anais Nin

[Trey339]

http://i42.tinypic.com/35l887o.jpg

[~baby~doll~]

“Do I love you? My sweet, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.”
William Goldman

[MissItalianDiva]

When you decide for someone what they can or cannot do, what they should or should not do, what they need or do not need, you are standing between them and God. This does not serve you, God, or the other person. The reason God gave us each a life is so that we could take care of it. If someone needs your insight, wait until they ask for it.

~~Iyanla Vanzant

[MissItalianDiva]

Honest, open, heartfelt communication is one of the greatest gifts we can offer ourselves. When you are in true communication with another being, you have an opportunity to get clear about your own needs, desires and intentions. You also become clear about the expectations others may have of you.

~Iyanla Vanzant

If you want your relationships with other people to be healthy and fulfilling, surrender your expectations and set clear boundaries. When you let people know what you need and want, they can decide if they want to be involved.

~~Iyanla Vanzant

[MegBluEyz]

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

[femm_cb]

Above the clouds
Away I go
To meet the man
I've long to know

Pushed and shoved
Throughout the day
Just to find
That magical way

You sent your son
In the form of a Dove
And all I feel
If your unconditional love

You see my face
You know my heart
I'll follow you
And we will never part

I wrote this poem (if you will) after a dream I had. I have never written a poem before (aside from the occassional "There once was a man from Nantucket....)

[JAGG]

“A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth a thing.”
― Arthur C. Clarke


“Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and has powers of reality.” ― Frank Herbert


“A person can go along quite awhile if they get a good day every once and again.” ― Stephen King

[macele]

I don't envy you the headache you will have in the morning. But in the meantime, sleep well, and dream of large women. -- The Princess Bride

[LukeCian]

"And think not you can
Direct the course of love,
For love,
If it finds you worthy,
Directs your course."

- Khalil Gibran



"Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it." - Robert Mitchum

[~baby~doll~]

People living deeply have no fear of death.
Anais Nin

[~baby~doll~]

"I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want her/hym lying over me, always over me. Her/hys will, her/hys pleasure, her/hys desire, her/hys life, her/hys work, her/hys sexuality the touchstone, the command, my pivot. I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated. I don't mind being told to stand on my own feet, not to cling all that I am capable of doing but I am going to be
pursued, fucked, possessed by the will of someone at her/hys time, her/hys bidding."
~
(paraphrased) Anais Nin

[Trey339]

http://i44.tinypic.com/2zthjb4.jpg

[JAGG]

“Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a butch.”
― Julie Anne Peters


“She was tired of hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that every day would hurry so she could get on to the next. Hoping that it would be a better day, an easier day. But it never was. Worked, paid the bills, and went to bed . Each morning the weight on her shoulders got heavier and heavier until finally she knew she had to make a change or die this way."― Cecelia Ahern


“All I want is a best friend whom I can't wait to kiss again.”
― Robin Palmer

[Trev]

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”
~Louise Erdrich

[JAGG]

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”
~Louise Erdrich
I like the quote but I don't agree with it. Life will only break you, if you choose to be broken. Life could never break me.

[LukeCian]

Thank you to those who left Me notes of support in regards to My post on the other thread. This is for all of you.


“What is home? My favorite definition is "a safe place," a place where one is free from attack, a place where one experiences secure relationships and affirmation. It's a place where people share and understand each other. Its relationships are nurturing. The people in it do not need to be perfect; instead, they need to be honest, loving, supportive, recognizing a common humanity that makes all of us vulnerable.”

― Gladys Hunt

[MegBluEyz]

“Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.”
- Leo F. Buscaglia

[VintageFemme]

“How does one become a butterfly?” She asked pensively.
“You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” -Trina Paulus

[~baby~doll~]

A riding crop and a blindfold doesn't make it BDSM. There is a big difference between being kinky and being in the scene. It's not a sexual thing to me, it's a very spiritual thing.
~ DominaBlue.

BDSM goes far beyond what is seen and it grasps the spirit nature by the heart and brings me to other worlds beyond description. Love and ecstasy are brought about in the realization the pain is truly about them caring so deeply for me.
~ me ~

[MissItalianDiva]

It does not serve you or the world for you to behave as if you are powerless. It is an insult to the Creator of your life, in whose image and likeness you were created. You have gifts. You have the opportunity to share words of compassion, to express feelings of love, to know the joys of sharing and to experience the wonderment of seeing a life grow before your eyes. That is powerful! You are powerful! Now, why don't you try acting like it?

~Iyanla Vanzant

[Trev]

“Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.”
~Lauren Kate

[JAGG]

“I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.― Maya Angelou



“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”
― George MacDonald


" Forgiveness can be immediate, but trust requires a track record." - Unknown

[~BluEydFemme~]

"I Knew I Was A Nut When The Squirrels Started To Stare At Me."
~~Taken from one of the many key-chains I own.~~

[Fancy]

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.


Langston Hughes

[LukeCian]

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau

[justanolecowboy]

“He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been lucky enough to find her.”
― Nicholas Sparks (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2345.Nicholas_Sparks), The Last Song (http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/6588800)

[justanolecowboy]

“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”
― Stephanie Perkins (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3095893.Stephanie_Perkins), Anna and the French Kiss (http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/7168450)

[Talon]

It does not serve you or the world for you to behave as if you are powerless. It is an insult to the Creator of your life, in whose image and likeness you were created. You have gifts. You have the opportunity to share words of compassion, to express feelings of love, to know the joys of sharing and to experience the wonderment of seeing a life grow before your eyes. That is powerful! You are powerful! Now, why don't you try acting like it?

~Iyanla Vanzant



>>>AMEN & HALLELUJAH to that!!>>>>:nixon:

[~BluEydFemme~]

Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dumb sat and talked upon my thumb. Said Tweedle-Dee to Tweedle-Dumb "Please Don't Fall Off Of Her Thumb".

[MegBluEyz]

"The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers."
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Novelafemme]

We can only learn and advance with contradictions. The faithful inside should meet the doubtful. The doubtful should meet the faithful. Human slowly advances and becomes mature when he accepts his contradictions.

~ Shams Tabrizi

[femmeInterrupted]

http://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/736x/45/4e/4b/454e4b370a25b5d525d1e7a0792726bc.jpg

[~BluEydFemme~]

Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates...You Never Know What You Are Going To Get. -Forrest Gump

[MissItalianDiva]

We are always looking for the perfect relationship. The goal is to find that perfect someone who will make our lives a better place to be. But no one can give us what we don't already have. We have to ask ourselves, "Am I doing my best, giving my all, being the best I can be to myself?" When we can pass the test of self-acceptance, the perfect someone who will compliment all that we already are will walk right through the door.

~~Iyanla Vanzant

[Trev]

“Life is filled with unanswered questions, but it is the courage to seek those answers that continues to give meaning to life. You can spend your life wallowing in despair, wondering why you were the one who was led towards the road strewn with pain, or you can be grateful that you are strong enough to survive it.”
~ J.D. Stroube

[JAGG]

“If you don't want to tear off the clothes of the person you're on a date with and jump into bed with them, then what's the point? I'd never date; instead, I'd have lots of good friends and hug them a lot and life would be easier and neater and uncomplicated."― Rachel Machacek



“You are correct in saying that desires often come from things we cannot easily gain - mine, being that of your love. By all accounts, I do wish I could steal it. But I am not that sort of man. I will wait. Forever and a day...I will wait."― Renee Vincent


“Love is giving up control. It’s surrendering the desire to control the other person. The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.”
― Rob Bell

[Duchess]

Love comes to everybody in many different ways. Attraction is always the first thing, no? But love must be more than that. It must be magic.

~Julio Iglesias

[MegBluEyz]

"Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star…" E.E. Cummings

[~baby~doll~]

Quotes About Alison Peers

“I know a person who, though no poet, composed some verses in a very short time, which were full of feeling and admirably descriptive of her pain: they did not come from her understanding, but, in order the better to enjoy the bliss which came to her from such delectable pain, she complained of it to her Goddess. She would have been so glad if she could have been cut to pieces, body and soul, to show what joy this pain caused her. What torments could have been set before her at such a time which she would not have found it delectable to endure for her DOMME/DOM's sake?”
Teresa of Ávila

Adapted two words to make the quote more apt of me/us.

The true joy of my suffering is the delight i see in my lovers eyes as they deliver me into ecstasy's hands

[MissItalianDiva]

"Appreciate what you have, before time teaches you to appreciate what you had."

~Unknown

"Some people are brought into your life to be mirrors,to show you behaviors and havits that need to change."

~Mandy Hale

“Sometimes you have to experience the bad so that you can learn to appreciate the good things that enter your life.”

~ Leon Brown

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”

~ Oprah Winfrey


"If you love a flower, don’t pick it up because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation."

~Osho

"“Take hold of your own life.
See that the whole existence is celebrating.
These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious.
The rivers and the oceans are wild,
and everywhere there is fun,
everywhere there is joy and delight.
Watch existence,
listen to the existence and become part of it.”
~ Osho

[Kobi]

http://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/550x/1c/00/1e/1c001e543c1459b5e46e0955d8b37326.jpg

[Trev]

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."
~Unknown

"Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to."
~Unknown

[JAGG]

“Remember: the time you feel the loneliest ,is the time you most need to be by yourself.― Douglas Coupland


“When you get lonely think to yourself : So WHAT BE lonely. Learn your way around loneliness. Sit with it, for once in your life !!! ― Elizabeth Gilbert


" I will never again use another person as a filler for my own unfulfilled yearnings. I was afraid of being lonely and alone, so I latched on to someone else to fill the void. This has created a horribly deep loneliness. And now I'm lonely in some horribly deep way and for a flash of an instant, I can see just how lonely, and how deep this feeling runs. And it scares the shit out of me to be this lonely because it seems catastrophic.
The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all. " - The Vera Wood Files

[Talon]

I'm not sure what your problem is...but, I bet it's hard to pronounce.

[femmeInterrupted]

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/98/83/d3/9883d39a8a298fcb8509f5be097bf3e5.jpg

[~BluEydFemme~]

Roses Are Red
Violets Are Blue
Sugar Is Sweet
And So Are You....
But The Roses Are Wilting
The Violets Are Dead
The Sugar Is Lumpy
And So Is Your Head :)

[Bèsame*]

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[Trev]

“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

“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on”
~Theodore Roosevelt


“Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect nothing is and no one is — and that’s OK.”
~ Katie Couric

[Bèsame*]

so love the life you live and live the life you love...

http://thinkpositive30.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/love-life.jpg

[Miss Scarlett]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZjR9b3gtlEM/Swf2gbR2YbI/AAAAAAAABGw/2zotBl-dUlQ/s1600/KhalilGibranQuote+270907-1+small.jpg

[~baby~doll~]

As i embarked on a new evolution of self today these words came to mind. i think Anais Nin captured life like photographs capture the image of life so perfectly.

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

[Bèsame*]

“There are two kinds of strengths: the strength to lead, and the strength to follow; the strength to control, and the strength to yield.

There are two kinds of power: the power to strip another’s soul bare, and the power to stand naked.” ~ Yaldah Tovah

[Bèsame*]

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[Kobi]

http://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/550x/ce/ed/be/ceedbebfc2030082e5d030309641c75b.jpg


http://media-cache-ec2.pinimg.com/550x/5c/ea/d4/5cead4d94c39f55f07c94f01682897af.jpg

[Bèsame*]

http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/192x/c9/65/ae/c965ae56e6c1c51d7d61c6c907f390a7.jpg

[Trev]

"Love that we can not have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the strongest."
~Unknown

"Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels."
~Bertolt Brecht

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

[justanolecowboy]

It's not what you look at that matters, but what you see. - Thoreau

[Trev]

“Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.”
~Christian D. Larson

[JAGG]

“ The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. No heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a sacred encounter and with it , wisdom.” ― Paulo Coelho



“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.” ― Paulo Coelho



“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” ― C.S. Lewis

[justanolecowboy]

ONLY the weak are cruel...gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

[justanolecowboy]

“Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. - M. Angelou

[Fancy]

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt in "Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

[Kobi]

You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. ~Frederick Buechner


Lust is easy. Love is hard. Like is most important.
~Carl Reiner


You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.
~Julie-Jeanne Eléonore de Lepsinasse

[justanolecowboy]

If it doesn't nourish your soul - get rid of it. simple. as. that.

[Bèsame*]

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[MegBluEyz]

“When you stumble make it part of the dance.” Unknown

[JAGG]

“It's all about love. We're either in love, dreaming about love, recovering from it, wishing for it or reflecting on it. - Unknown


“When I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.”
― Margaret Stohl


“...lies can sound awfully pretty when one is in love with the person telling them.”― Gabrielle Zevin

[Novelafemme]

Its your road, and yours alone.
others may walk it with you,
but no one can walk it for you.

~ Rumi

[justanolecowboy]

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

[Novelafemme]

To get closer to Truth and Right, we need a beautiful and soft heart.

~ Shams Tabrizi ♥♥

[JAGG]

" I have realized through the years, most stress is self-induced. Do you spread yourself too thin, say yes instead of no ? Stop stressing yourself and you will have alot less stress in your life. " -Will Rogers[/QUOTE]

[Trev]

"A relationship is like a rose, How long it lasts, no one knows. Love can erase an awful past, love can be yours, you'll see at last. To feel that love, it makes you sigh, To have it leave, you'd rather die. You hope you've found that special rose, 'cause you love and care for the one you chose."
~Rob Cella

[Trey339]

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
-William Shakespeare

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.
-Joyce Brothers

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
― Maya Angelou

[~baby~doll~]

“Maybe I grew up too fast, maybe that's my trouble. I feel so lost out here...hung up between two worlds; half-kid and half-adult, half-boy and half-girl. And sometimes it seems like I get the dirty side of both.”
Ann Bannon

[Trev]

"Courage comes from wanting to do it well. Security comes from knowing you can do it well. Confidence comes from having done it well."
~Unknown

[justanolecowboy]

"Only fine cigars are worth smoking and only men who smoke fine cigars are worth kissing." - Joan Collins

[JAGG]

“With every choice you create the life you’ll live; with every decision you design it.” ― Mollie Marti


“There is no room for idleness!”
― Jaachynma N.E. Agu



“I rather strive to reach rather than wait to receive!”
― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

[Talon]

*Sacrifice* is the most that you can love someone.




~T

[Bèsame*]

love means giving someone the chance to hurt you, but trusting them not to.

Don't choose the one who is beautiful to the world, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.

Never stop doing little things for others. Sometimes those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts.

Falling in love is not a choice. Staying in love is.

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[macele]

We were given 2 eyes to see, 2 legs to walk and 2 ears to hear, but why only one heart? The other is given to someone else for us to find.

--Ruth Buzzi

[Jean_TX]

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

(Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)

[Fancy]

To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to see yourself is to have found yourself, for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.

~Anne Lamott

[MegBluEyz]

"For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. -T.S. Eliot

[justanolecowboy]

"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more"

― Lord Byron (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lord-Byron/114159321934822?directed_target_id=0)

[Novelafemme]

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

~Rumi

[Trev]

"All I know is that you love me...in my dreams."
~Unknown

[JAGG]

“Love comes only once for those who know what LOVE is. Love comes again and again for those who know what LIFE is.”
― Anurag Gupta


“Love makes you see a place differently, just as you hold differently an object that belongs to someone you love. If you know one landscape well, you will look at all other landscapes differently. And if you learn to love one place, you can also learn to love another.”
― Anne Michaels


“That's how they say it: He loves you in his own way. Well, what about my way? I need for him to love me in my way!”
― Tammara Webber

[Trev]

“Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.”
~Unknown

“I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.”
~Albert Einstein

“Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.”
~Unknown

[Fancy]

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[thedivahrrrself]

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."


“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”


"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do."


“They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”


“As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash.”

“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”

[JAGG]

"Tell yourself, today will be different. And then make it happen."
- Unknown

[justanolecowboy]

The most beautiful people I have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern……….. Beautiful people do not just “happen”....

[jenny]

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." ~ Joseph Addison

:bunchflowers:

[Trey339]

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[macele]

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

[Trev]

"Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning."
~Unknown

[DMW]

“I’m a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend
to go on acting until I’m ninety and they won’t
need to paste my face with make-up.”

Barbara Stanwyck

“Attention embarrasses me.
I don’t like to be on display.”

Barbara Stanwyck

Hard to believe that she never won an Oscar.

[JAGG]

"Take my hand we'll make it I swear." -Bon Jovi


“If you want to know what a truly healthy relationship is, it’s one where both people wake up every morning and say, “I choose to be with this person.”
― Robert Morrow



“The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.”
― Oscar Wilde

[MegBluEyz]

"Soulshaping always begins with the truth-
the gut wrenching, heart opening, often ultimately, liberating, truth."

-Jeff Brown

[Enchantress]

“If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself?”

Miguel Ruiz

[Kobi]

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[thedivahrrrself]

“Nothing eases suffering like human touch.”

[Novelafemme]

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[~baby~doll~]

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.
Coco Chanel

For me there ain't no high heel high enough.
Christian Louboutin

The key to my collections is sensuality.
Sonia Rykiel

[LukeCian]

"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot." - Eleanor Roosevelt

[femmeInterrupted]

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[MegBluEyz]

"Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly, your wholeness when you are broken, your innocence when you feel guilty, and your purpose when you are confused..." -Alan Cohen

[Trev]

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death."
~Robert Fulghum

[JAGG]

“The cure for pain is in the pain.”
― Rumi



“If you try to cure pain with hate
you will add more pain to your fate.”
― Sophocles




“You don't get past something like that, you go through it.”
― Jodi Picoult

[KCBUTCH]

"Words drip from your lips and intoxicate me, seductive, breathtaking soliloquy.
...My heart aches for whispers.
This body longs to taste, touch, feel the fire that is you.
.............your mouth on my mouth, hard kisses and passionate caresses.
Hands clasped, energy exchanged, desires unleashed in primal ecstasy.
I watch the tear of longing run down this cheek of mine, overwhelmed by you.
In you I find my souls counterpart waving back at me with enthusiasm...
..........I ask myself "How is it that it took so long to find you?"
...I was not willing, looking, nor ready yet it appears the universe was making grander plans."(5/17/13) -KC

[Enchantress]

“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art - write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”


Neil Gaiman

[femmeInterrupted]

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[LukeCian]

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do." - Voltaire

[~baby~doll~]

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[~baby~doll~]

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i should get a tattoo that says this.