inspiration

"It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile."

"Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has."

"It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish."

"The best way to prepare for death is to live life to its fullest."

"So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise."

"we attract what is happening in our lives"

"When You Cease To Exist, Then Who Will You Blame?"

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."

"The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings."

"God loves us. He's watching us, he wants us to succeed, and we'll know someday that he has not left one thing undone for the eternal welfare of each of us. If we only knew it, there are heavenly hosts pulling for us -- friends in heaven that we can't rememer now, who yearn for our victory."

"Sometimes the wisest choice is to avoid reading between the lines even though the message is clear."

"All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair."

"They don't have to know the real you for you to keep being that amazing you! Don't let someone's negative spirit disrupt or corrupt yours. Be you for...you. God is the one that you want to see who you really are."

"He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself"

"Opposition can be your friend. Opposition can be the fire that tempers the better sword, as well as the ice that cools a fiery temper. Don't ever run from it; learn from it!"

"Even in climes/without snow/one cannot go/foward sometimes./Things test you./You are part of/the Donners or/part of the rescue:/a muleteer in/earflaps; a/formerly hearty/Midwestern farmer/perhaps. Both/parties trapped/within sight/of the pass."

"We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing"

"If there's a will, there's a way!I feel larger than LIFE--and look up to the stars who shine down on me and have become my own personal cheerleaders....as my fingers tap on my computer late into the night.."

"I'm not a big fan of inspiration. I'm too old to sit and wait for the muse to give me a little kiss... I write a lot, and I'm not afraid to make mistakes or to write badly. I can alsways fix something weak and dull. But I can't fix a blank page."

"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best."