inspiration

"Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work."

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

"Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and offer it with unselfishness. My talents may not be great, but I can use them to bless the lives of others.... The goodness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts."

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

"Nurturing a feeling makes it proliferate. Choose wisely. Joy, kindness, love, & caring will illuminate your life."

"Into the silence rips a sound that makes me let go of Max's hand and cover my ears. It is like the strafe of a bullet, nails on a chalkboard, promises being broken. It's a note I have never heard - this chord of pure pain - and it takes a moment to realize it is coming from me."

"Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it."

"A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his senses and his reason has deserted him."

"The best things in life make you sweaty."

"At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets."

"No one wakes up in the morning and says, 'I want to gain 150 pounds and I will start right now!"

"it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings."

"I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them."

"If they don't like you for being yourself, be yourself even more."

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

"Heart-flow means listening to your intuition and hunches and following your heart. How can you let your heart lead today?"

"You have to find your own shtick. A Picasso always looks like Picasso painted it. Hemingway always sounds like Hemingway. A Beethoven symphony always sounds like a Beethoven symphony. Part of being a master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own."

"I’ve got some questions,Are you sick of feelin’ sorry?And people sayin’ not to worry?Sick of hearing this hakuna matata motto,From people who won the lotto,We’re not that lucky.Have you noticed that you’re breathing?Look around and count your blessings,So when you’re sick of all this stressin’ and guessin’I’m suggestin’ you turn this up and let them hear you sing it"

"I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self… that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when I was little, before the world got its hands on me."

"At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back"(23)."