#inspiration

"The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor."

"Too many people out there tell us what we can and cannot do but…they don’t know who we are, what’s put in us."

"Never write a book and let it sit on a shelf"

"It was so strange, the way that life moved forward: the twists and the dead ends, the sudden opportunities. She supposed if you could predict or foresee everything that was going to happen, you’d lose the motivation to go through it all. The promise was always in the possibility."

"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different."

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."

"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”"Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you."

"You have a masterpiece inside you, you know. One unlike any that has ever been created, or ever will be. If you go to your grave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it. Only you."

"The point of simple living, for me has got to be:A soft place to landA wide margin of errorRoom to breatheLots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day"

"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."

"Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa."

"I take thee at thy word:Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;Henceforth I never will be Romeo."

"Like a flower, feel yourself rise above and begin to open."

"Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door."

"Coincidences give you opportunities to look more deeply into your existence."

"He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration."

"Love is the absence of judgment."

"You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time."It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it."

"You are not here merely to making a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement."

"It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that."