#inspiration

"I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas."

"Love is forgiving, accepting, moving on, embracing, and all encompassing. And if you’re not doing that for yourself, you cannot do that with anyone else."

"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."

"There is a power that can be created out of pent-up indignation, courage, and the inspiration of a common cause, and that if enough people put their minds and bodies into that cause, they can win. It is a phenomenon recorded again and against in the history of popular movements against injustice all over the world."

"Echo of your thoughts are more important than your actions because that has greater impact on the world."

"Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new film, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul."

"A confident woman wears a smile and has this air of comfortability and pleasantness about her."

"Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life."

"World peace starts with the Creator- Jesus!!"

"Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk."

"Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present."

"Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough."

"Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back. I’m going to help you forgive the things that you won’t let yourself forget."

"When you face a new challenge, remember the skills, talent, guts and resources that got you through before."

"History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are."

"We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it."

"I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect."

"Focus on faith and grow your roots strong and deep so no one can make you believe in something that is not good for your soul."

"Palestine is the anvil of our souls."

"I want you to trust yourself, baby. Love is all that matters and you’ve always known that. You’ve known, since you were a very little girl, what your life is meant to be about…"