inspiration

"Some of us go full circle. Some of us blindly go nowhere. The circle doesn’t have to be very large to make a point, kick your ass and/or be entertaining. Remember that and stay light. Even the deaf know good music when they hear it."

"Too many locks, not enough keys."

"No other success can compensate for failure in the home."

"Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating."He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. "Sometimes I just...want to see it again. Want to see you awake."

"I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love."

"When you walk a life of honesty, you live a life of truth."

"When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific."

"Music, my rampart and my only one."

"Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy."

"We are the music-makers,And we are the dreamers of dreams,Wandering by lone sea-breakers,And sitting by desolate streams.World-losers and world-forsakers,Upon whom the pale moon gleams;Yet we are the movers and shakers,Of the world forever, it seems."

"Wishes are possibilities. Dare to make a wish."

"Ideile vin și plecă-poveștile rămân"

"Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles."

"Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-- 'Is this all?"

"What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that’s why he's number two."

"It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate."

"إن الله لا يعذبنا بالحياة، و لكنه يعطينا ما نستحقه، لأنه قد أسلمنا الكون بريئاً مادة عمياء نحن عقلها فماذا صنعنا به على مدى عشرات القرون، لقد لوثناه بالفقر و الاستعباد و الطغيان "ـ"

"Train the mind, body and spirit, so you may achieve anything. Life is about sharing your dreams/purpose (gifts/passions/talents) with the world and helping others find their way."

"Believe, my child. Faith is the food of survival."

"If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that?"