Favorite Quotes

"LIVING IN THE PAST IS LIKE DRIVING A CAR BACKWARDS, IT GETS YOU OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT CARS ARE MADE FOR."
-Sara JuneBug

"Peace I ask of thee O' River, peace, peace, peace
When I learn to live serenely cares will cease
From the hills I gather courage
Visions of the day to be
Strength to lead and Faith to follow
All are give unto me
Peace I ask of thee O' River, peace, peace, peace"
-"Peace, Green Trees, and Taps"

"When we've been there ten-thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun."
-John Newton

"When I look back on my life Its not that I don't want to see things exactly as they happended
Its just that I prefer to remember them in an artistic way
And thruthfully the lie of it all is much more honest because . . . I invented it
Clinical psychology tells us arguably that trauma is the ultimate killer
Memories are not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum psychics...
They can be lost forever
It's sort of like my past in an unfinished painting
And as the artist of that painting I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again
It's not that I've been dishonest
Its just that I loathe reality."

-Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta a.k.a. "Lady Gaga"

"And the day came when it became more painful to remain tightly in a bud than it did to blossom."
-Anais Nin

"If you hear a voice within you say, "You cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced"
-Vincent Van Gogh

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"
-Eleanor Roosevelt

"I'll be your candle on the water
This flame inside of me will grow
Keep holding on, we'll make it
Here's my hand so take it
Look for me reaching out to show...
As sure as rivers flow
I'll never let you go."
-Pete's Dragon

"I can't be contented with yesterday's glory,
I can't live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh, and I'll cry, and I'll sing."
-"Today"

"The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand are the times that I carried you."
-Mary Stevenson

"The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
... on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom."
 

"You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise."

-Maya Angelou

"If there ever comes a time when we can't be together, keep me in your heart- I'll stay there forever"
-Piglet

"Eli, Eli!  Shalo yigamare le'olam..."
-Hebrew prayer

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land amongst the starts."

 -Les Brown

"This above all, to thine ownself be true, and it must follow as the night the day.  Thou canst not then be false to any man."
-William Shakespear

"This is my family.  I found it all on my own.  It's little and broken, but good.  Yeah, still good."
-Lilo

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
-Gahandi

"It is something I can't see
But it can never pose as me
It always tries to take control
I can defeat it
If I believe it
... It is deep inside of me
It makes me fear my memory
One day I'll live peacefully
Without the fear of it."

-Mattie J.T. Stephanake

 

"The ripples... (what about them?)

So small at first, then look how they grow.

But someone has to start them."

-Grandmother Willow

"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light"

-Albus Dumbledore

"All of our dreams can come true if w have the courage to pursue them."
-Walt Disney