inspiration

"if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you."

"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be... because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!"

"Release your past into the universe and embrace your future with opened arms."

"No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal. And music has always been a great way to make people aware of that connection. It can help you open up a part of yourself and express feelings you didn't know you were feeling. It's risky to let that happen. But it's a risk you have to take-because only then will you find you're not alone."

"I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies."

"In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is not true. You are sure to be happy again. Knowing this, truly believing it will make you less miserable now. I have had enough experience to make this statement."

"Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee."

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

"We are not helpless...Many times in our lives we’ve been powerless, but not this night. Right now we have the power to choose the manner in which we die. If you have been a master of nothing else in all your days, you are now a master of this moment. And I for one am going to give such an answer to this insult that others will dearly regret not being by my side to see it!"

"You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been."

"We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative."

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

"Quella vita ch'è una cosa bella, non è la vita che si conosce, ma quella che non si conosce; non la vita passata, ma la futura. Coll'anno nuovo, il caso incomincerà a trattar bene voi e me e tutti gli altri, e si principierà la vita felice. Non è vero?"

"What'll you do if you can't find a way to cure him?"Seth asked.Dale paused. "I'll never know that day has come, because I'll never stop trying."

"I think that fame removes true happiness. Because when you are famous, people know you for who they think you are and when you are happy, it's because people have met you and see you for who you really are. Of course, if you are not a great person, it's better to be famous. But if you have greatness, it's better to not be famous."

"I like to set my dreams high. That way, even if I only make it half way there, it's still pretty darned good."

"O for a Muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention!"

"love yourself,.,.,.,for the sake of your better future"

"I would rather live in a world where people shout, "This is wrong."than live in a world with superheroes saving the day."

"The problem with thinking that you are the absolute best, is that it leaves no room for you to become any better and while you live life thinking that you're the best, truth is a lot of people around you are already better and becoming even more better."