inspiration

"Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next."

"Great hopes make great men."

"How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary."

"And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt."

"Reading the Bible will help you get to know the word, but it’s when you put it down and live your life that you get to know the author."

"Laughter is carbonated holiness."

"The most adventurous journey to embark on; is the journey to yourself, the most exciting thing to discover; is who you really are, the most treasured pieces that you can find; are all the pieces of you, the most special portrait you can recognize; is the portrait of your soul."

"life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat."

"There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don't work."

"Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey."

"You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you're still here. You may have been challenged, hurt, betrayed, beaten, and discouraged, but nothing has defeated you. You are still here! You have been delayed but not denied. You are not a victim, you are a victor. You have a history of victory."

"Are you on our side...and want to be different, or are you on that side and want to throw a football at my head!?"

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"For every woman, there is that one man who could get her to go anywhere he wanted her to go, do anything he wanted her to do—reach into her soul and turn her whole world on its ear—challenge everything she thought she believed. Highlighted by 24 Kindle users"

"If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband."

"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."

"New Year - a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story ? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours."

"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."

"Nervousness kill us... because we think we have only one opportunity that is in the Present and we don't think about the future! We loose our balance."

"The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat."