inspiration

"If a nation has not God that nation must fall, but if a nation has God then all the powers of evil, and all the armies, cannot shake its foundations; no, not even if the whole world is arrayed against it."

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"

"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."

"Commitment mixed with drive and sprinkled with imagination creates sustained results. Stay focused and you will make your mark!"

"Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated."

"I is for Integrity, be honest with yourself and others."

"Love is too precious to be ashamed of."

"It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world."

"I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone."

"You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you"

"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."

"What if nobody showed up at Armageddon?"

"It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs."

"Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try."

"Baby you're a firework, c'mon show 'em what you're worth..."~Firework"

"...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you."

"The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come."

"Nite Owl II: But the country's disintegrating. What's happened to America? What's happened to the American dream?The Comedian: It came true. You're lookin' at it."