#inspiration

"I'm not particularly in favor of doctrine or creed, ordination, the elevation of holy texts, the institution of church, or, for that matter, Christianity. Like most religions, it has irreconcilable shortcomings and an unforgivable history. What I do favor is the attempt to make sense of things by living within a story. The Christian story, for good or ill, is my inheritance."

"Optimists move through life with a happy exterior. What happens on the inside shows up on the outside."

"Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul, like you."

"This is the new year the new you. You can pass through another year, coasting on cruise control. Or you can step out of your comfort zone, trying things you have never done before, & make 2012 as the year that you elevate from where you are & soar high. Make it happen!"

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

"I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me."

"There's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream."

"Someday stars will wind down or blow up. Someday death will cover us all like the water of a lake and perhaps nothing will ever come to the surface to show that we were ever there. But we WERE there, and during the time we lived, we were alive. That's the truth - what is, what was, what will be - not what could be, what should have been, what never can be."

"I'm pretty much looking for beauty all the time. It just seems like some days the light is better to see it."

"I’ve grown up defined by this desperate, undeniable, ‘can’t breathe’ kind of space inside of myself and I’m afraid that the diagnosis is fatal."

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."

"The Word of God is my life's manual."

"Love' is the only weapon I have, I will defend with love, I will attack with love."

"There can be no forced inspiration."

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

"Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?"

"You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself... No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me, I just want to go out and play football."

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

"Your personal truth is your gift to the world."

"Buddha had said:"Each of us is a God. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom."