inspiration

"Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes."

"I want you to trust yourself, baby. Love is all that matters and you’ve always known that. You’ve known, since you were a very little girl, what your life is meant to be about…"

"People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness."

"Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition."

"But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to."

"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.[Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]"

"Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion."

"Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable."

"The greatest lesson we should learn is that from the moment we are born we already have everything we need within ourselves."

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

"Compromise brings harmony to both, happiness to none."

"Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road."

"Do you know why I believe in the Lord Jesus and what He says? Because He has proved to me that He has my best interests at heart. What could He do that He did not do? He already gave His life for us (Romans 5:8-10; 8:32)"

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."

"So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings."

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,Or what's a heaven for?"

"Nothing will work unless you do."

"The rainbow is the pot of gold to those who observe."

"What's unnatural is homophobia. Homo sapiens is the only species in all of nature that responds with hate to homosexuality."