inspiration

"Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul."

"Every day you should wake up with the excitement in knowing that God’s plans for you are far greater than your dreams for yourself. The best is yet to come!"

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

"The best love in the world, is the love of a man. The love of a man who came from your womb, the love of your son! I don't have a daughter, but maybe the love of a daughter is the best, too. I am first and foremost me, but right after that, I am a mother. The best thing that I can ever be, is me. But the best gift that I will ever have, is being a mother."

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself."

"Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his WORST."

"In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion."

"I’ve gotta get out of the basement. I’ve gotta see the world. I’ve gotta make a difference"

"Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it."

"But if as you read this book you're saying to yourself: "I'd rather be miserably married than be alone."Well young lady, take out your clown shoes and buckle your seat belt - it's going to be a very bumpy one-woman circus."

"Ah, yes, choice. I chose to let my ghosts stay in past. Past is history you know. Living is now. I sat. I breathed. I let past go. I let future go. I am. That is all."

"Happiness has to do with your mindset, not with outside circumstance."

"I am not a smart man, particularly, but one day, at long last, I stumbled from the dark woods of my own, and my family's, and my country's past, holding in my hands these truths: that love grows from the rich loam of forgiveness; that mongrels make good dogs; that the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things. This much, at least, I've figured out. I know this much is true."

"Swords can win territories but not hearts, forces can bend heads but not minds."

"The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it."

"But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?"

"I want you to learn the lesson of the lotus. This flower springs forth from muddy waters. It raises its delicate petals to the sun and perfumes the world while, at the same time, its roots cling to the elemental muck, the very essence of the mortal experience. Without that soil, the flower would wither and die."

"Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work."

"An empowered sense of self-love means you truly love and accept yourself as you would a treasured lover or a sweet, wonderful child, and that you do this from a place of strength of character and belief in yourself."

"He who is more mindful of one, loses the love and the faith of both."