inspiration

"you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own"

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."

"Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm."

"My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more. It's happened before, it will happen again, I'm sure. When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive--I'll find love again."

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

"There are things you do sometimes, actions that you take by obeying sudden impulses, without stopping for even a fraction of a second to think, and then you spend the rest of your life either lamenting it or thanking yourself for it. They are rare, unique, and perfect moments."

"And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn?"

"I am going to open myself up to all that is superior in the world and beyond and I am going to spend time trying to take delight in things! Not finding ruin in them! If the ruin of you is what you look for, the ruin of you is what you are going to find!"

"When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. So they covered each one over with mud. And the lonesomeness in the sparks make them hunt for one another."

"We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all."

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

"...(W)here there's drama, there's crap."

"People don't believe what you tell them.They rarely believe what you show them.They often believe what their friends tell them.They always believe what they tell themselves."

"Fear is a natural emotion in life, but you cannot let it dictate your actions. When you act out of fear, you will only meet failure. But act out of determination to conquer that fear, and you will succeed at anything. Maybe not the first time, or the second or third, but eventually—as long as you keep trying—you can conquer your fears and succeed."

"Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of."

"Our doubts are traitors and make uslose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. In other words, awish is a good place to start but then you have to get off your butt and make ithappen. You have to pick up a quill and write your own damn story. (Mimi Wallingford)"

"She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much."

"We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself."

"To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best."

"Buddha had said:"Each of us is a God. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom."