Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”
― Vince Lombardi

“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”
― Langston Hughes

One day someone is going to hug you so tight that all of your broken pieces will stick back together.

"Have that snowflake assassinated" -Putin

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.--Mark Twain

“It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business”

-Gertrude Stein

“The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting”

-Gertrude Stein


“There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.”

-Gertrude Stein

“Vos ancêtres ont brûlé Jeanne d’Arc!” (‘Your ancestors burned Joan of Arc.’ ”) —An intoxicated French ambassador.
"Well, someone had to do it." —Helena Rubenstein, cosmetics entrepreneur and millionairess.

12 Promises to St. Margaret Mary
 

i always try to remember..
 

"Life is simple, it's just not easy" anon

Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto

Obama On Sochi Delegation: Of Course We Sent Open Gays There On Purpose
 

"There is no doubt we wanted to make it very clear that we do not abide by discrimination in anything, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. One of the wonderful things about the Olympics is that you are judged by your merit, how good you are regardless of where you come from, what you look like, who you love and that I think is consistent with the spirit of the Olympics," - President Obama, speaking to NBC last night.

That Putin rap you posted is great, Soon.

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen" R. Waldo Emerson

" Make your decisions based on how much you desire to live with the consequences." - Unknown

“Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.”
― Bohdi Sanders


“ Do you want happiness and success, beyond your wildest dreams? How about, a peaceful life full of harmony as well? Then never see yourself as a victim ." - Unknown

“People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“This I choose to do. If there is a price, this I choose to pay. If it is my death, then I choose to die. Where this takes me, there I choose to go. I choose. This I choose to do.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith

Love Compared By Nizar Qabbani


I do not resemble your other lovers, my lady
should another give you a cloud
I give you rain
Should he give you a lantern, I
will give you the moon
Should he give you a branch
I will give you the trees
And if another gives you a ship
I shall give you the journey.

" If you want to hit a homerun, you have to step up to the plate ."- Unknown

“The function of freedom is to free someone else.”
― Toni Morrison

“It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness

“All my life they had made choices for me, and I had resented it. Now the choice was mine, and once it was made, I would have no right to blame anyone else for the consequences. Loss of that privilege, to blame others, unexpectedly stung.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, A Conspiracy of Kings

“Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
― Unknown


“The greatest thing about dreams is they don’t expire." -Casi Mclean

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
― Malala Yousafzai