just some things I believe in...
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"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact." William James
"When you come to the edge of all the light you have, and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown, believe that one of two things will happen to you: either there will be something solid for you to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly." Patrick Overton
"Doing nothing in fear of making a mistake, is the greatest mistake you'll make." Anonymous
"Life's most precious gift is uncertainty." Yoshida Kenko
"The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours." Ayn Rand
"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact." William James
"All of us are stars and deserve the right to twinkle." Marilyn Monroe
"Sir," I said to the universe, "I exist!"
"That," said the universe, "creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever." Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy.
"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more." Erica Jong
"The possibility that we may fail in the struggle should not deter us from supporting a cause we believe to be just." Abraham Lincoln
"It's OK to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation." Helen Keller
"Now is a rushing river. There are those who would hug the shore, but there is no shore. Push off into the stream. Hold your head above the frey. See who else is in the midst of things, and celebrate." Native American saying
"I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it." Sidney Poitier
"I always knew that one day I would take this road but yesterday I did not know today would be the day." Nagarjuna
"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want." Margaret Young
"Life is like a finger, pointing to the Moon. If you look at the finger... you will miss all the heavenly glory." Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee
"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway." Mother Theresa
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift." Albert Einstein
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death." Harold Wilson
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Mark Twain
"Nothing would be done at all if we waited until we could do it so well that no one could fault with it." John Henry Cardinal Newman
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
yeah.
~m.