#inspirational

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."

"The truth is revealed when you are ready to receive it when you need it in order to move forward to take the next step in your journey. to move on toward your destiny."

"Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air."

"You have an obligation to this world. That is to love it and make it more joyful."

"Something amazing happens when you're in love and don't give a damn about what day it is anymore."

"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night."

"Life is not about success; life is about a journey toward happiness."

"Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress."

"I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it, I see them carried away headlong, grim and obsessed, in the general onrush of the human herd, unable to stop themselves or to change their direction. All the while they claim to be just on the point of attaining happiness."

"My only regrets are the moments when i doubted myself and took the safe route. Life is too short to waste time being unhappy."

"Reality is, Hope and Despair lie in the same places. And they're just a matter of perspective.What changed my perspective, was her."

"A women can run, hide, play and have fun but she will shine far better when she just smiles without none."

"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house."

"Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it."

"Give me the Love that leads the wayThe Faith that nothing can dismayThe Hope no disappointments tireThe Passion that'll burn like fireLet me not sink to be a clodMake me Thy fuel, Flame of God"

"the moment you don't feel like praying, get on your knees. And the moment you don't feel like reading your bible, you'd better get that Book open."

"Never forget the power of love, but always forget the love of power."

"As you walk through forestsor the meadows of your mind,Stop and talk to those you fearGood friendships you may find"

"A homeless man visited my store today. The few quarters that he had in his pocket he invested on books. I offered him free books, but he insisted on giving me his quarters. He walked away filled with joy as if he possessed the world's riches in his hands. In a way, he did. He left me smiling and knowing that he was wealthier than many others... (01-21-10)"

"Please do not ever think I am without you or you are without me, I live with you all the time."