inspiration

"No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it."

"When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want."

"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."

"Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar."

"When we embrace who we are the world embraces us right back."

"The only thing wrong with trying to please everyone is that there's always at least one person who will remain unhappy. You."

"It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish."

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't "try"to do things. You simply "must"do things."

"Long before we even lose our lives, we lose our souls. Tragic but true. Some carry on—willing to make the sacrifices, putting what is perceived as important before anything else. Some tread into the dark—wasting moments of grace, letting themselves suffer from their own decisions or the other’s domination. Some continue to love, give too much, and not leave even a little love for themselves."

"Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye."

"Love is the opposite of fear and it lights the flames of a million hearts."

"Transient guests are we."

"Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success."

"It takes drive and focus to move from potential to reality."

"The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience."

"Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together."

"You might as well answer the door, my child,the truth is furiously knocking."

"Nothing makes a person desire improvement like failure"

"In imagination she sailed over storied seas that wash the distant shining shores of "faëry lands forlorn,"where lost Atlantis and Elysium lie, with the evening star for pilot, to the land of Heart's Desire. And she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal."

"Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect."