"The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love. Born out of concern for all beings." Buddha
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw
"One can never consent to creep, when one feels an impulse to soar." Helen Keller
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right-for you'll be criticized anyway." Eleanor Roosevelt
"Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems. Look for someone who won't let you face them alone." unknown
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix
"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." Maya Angelou
"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive" Albert Einstein
“Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars..." Alan Watts
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension." Oliver Wendell Holmes
"If you insist on always looking back, I hope it's worth missing what could be right in front of you." Women of History
"Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." St Francis of Assisi
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold." Zelda Fitzgerald
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." Henry Ford
Orison Swett Marden "Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them."
"Often the sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen." Malcolm Gladwell
Deepak Chopra "Take responsibility for your last bad decision and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself."
"Yes, it is love that will save our nation. Love, even for our enemies." Martin Luther King
Bishop Desmond Tutu: "A sea is only drops of water that have come together."
"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle. But, if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." Marilyn Monroe
Lines from "A Blessing" by James Wright:
Suddenly I realize
That if I stepped out of my body I would break
Into blossom.
Find your backbone or be swallowed whole. From Cutting for Stone:
Henry David Thoreau: Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.
Find the Power of
Honesty.
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Nelson Mandela: Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
An Old Gaelic Blessing:
May those who love us,
love us,
And those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
and if he doesn't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we'll know them by their limping
You can cut all the flowers, but you can not keep spring from coming. Pablo Neruda
Louise L. Hay: Anxiety=Not trusting the flow and the process of life. Fatigue=Resistance, boredom. Lack of love for what one does.
When you eat vegetables everyday until you are 85, you can be sure you won't die young. Anonymous
Bill Cosby: I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Comes the Dawn
After awhile you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and changing a soul,
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't mean security,
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open,
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,
And learn to build all your roads
On today because tomorrow's ground
Is too uncertain for plans, and futures have
A way of falling down in mid-flight.
After awhile you learn that even sunshine
Burns if you get too much,
So you plant your own garden and decorate
Your own soul, instead of waiting
For someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure....
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth
And you learn and learn...
With every goodbye you learn.
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