inspiration

"I no longer agree to treat myself with disrespect. Every time a self-critical thought comes to mind, I will forgive the Judge and follow this comment with words of praise, self-acceptance, and love."

"It is during our failures that we discover our true desire for success."

"Pray to God, but row towards shore."

"I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls."

"At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write."

"We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality."

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."

"I have liv'd long enough for others, like the Dog in the Wheel, and it is now the Season to begin for myself: I cannot change that Thing call'd Time, but I can alter its Posture and, as Boys do turn a looking-glass against the Sunne, so I will dazzle you all."

"The authentic self is the soul made visible."

"When you are mindful of Spirit and connecting to the breath with an open heart, that is yoga."

"What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan."

"You know my name, not my story. You've heard what I've done, but not what I've been through."

"Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others."

"Education is teaching our children to desire the right things."

"Your mother won a special reward,"she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded."

"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy."

"Always be yourself, there's no one better!"

"If there never was a night or day and memories could fade away, then we'd be nothing left but the dreams we made"