inspiration

"The first step to success it's to imagine it"

"You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality."

"I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute."

"Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off)."

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

"Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you, and some days you cannot even find the woods."

"Religious people fear hell -- Spiritual people have walked thru it."

"First and foremost: a human being. If your definition of yourself is something else; maybe you should reconsider."

"I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing's forgotten."

"Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them."

"We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one."

"I’m not aspiring to be someone else – If I’m me for the rest of my life then so be it"

"The more time you spend thinking, the less time you spend doing. The less time you spend doing, the more you watch others do. This formula never equals success."

"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart."

"What is a personal calling? It is God's blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don't all have the courage to confront our own dream."

"The satisfactions/of agreement are/immediate as sugar--/a melting of the/granular, a syrup/that lingers, shared/not singular./Many prefer it."

"Elegance is a glowing inner peace. Grace is an ability to give as well as to receive and be thankful. Mystery is a hidden laugh always ready to surface! Glamour only radiates if there is a sublime courage & bravery within: glamour is like the moon; it only shines because the sun is there."

"What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way."

"No one invites you to the top - you have to claw your way up. When you get there, you will sit with the others who were also uninvited - giggling."

"Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind."