Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive. -Harold Whitman

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. -Blaise Pascal

When I feel worried, lonely, or tired, I will not look for what I can add to my life to make it better, but what I can remove. (special thanks margie for sharing this with me)

Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about. -Winston Churchill

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. -Dale Carnegie

Kindness matters.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Sometimes we're tested not to show our weakness, but to discover our strengths.

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold. -Aristotle

Sometimes knowing what you don't want is as valuable as knowing what you do. ~Oprah

It is much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself.

Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected and stimulated. Follow your intuition, do what you love, and you will do more than suceed, you will soar. ~Oprah Winfrey

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. -Bob Marley

The life in front of you is far more important than the life behind you. -Joel Osteen

Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.

Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself. -Leo Tolstoy

There will be many chapters in your life. Don't get lost in the one you're in now.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. -Bernard Baruch

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. -Abe Lincoln.

Your talent is god's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to god. ~Leo Buscaglia

It always seems impossible until it's done. - Nelson Mandela

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. -Dr. Seuss

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. -Nora Ephron

Healing yourself is connected with healing others. - Yoko Ono

Never to suffer would never to have been blessed S. Kenyon

Happy Birthday DONNA!

I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. -Mary Anne Radmacher

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. -Marilyn Monroe

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. -Jim Carrey

Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up. -Pablo Picasso

When in doubt, don't. -Benjamin Franklin

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. -Willie Nelson

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overhauls and looks like work. -thomas edison

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. - Confucious

Happy Birthday to Renate and Shaun!

Whatever you are, be a good one. -Abe Lincoln

I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself. -Emma Stone

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. -Pablo Picasso

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

Creativity takes courage. - Henri Matisse

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.

I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart. -Vincent van Gogh

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. - Ray Kroc

Even if you're on the right track you'll get run over if you just sit there. -Will Rogers

The hardest moments are a calling to do something greater.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. -Pablo Picasso

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller

A ship in harbor is safe. But that's not what ships are for.

Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. -Jim Rohn

Do one thing every day that scares you. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Today I shall behave as though this day is the one by which i shall be remembered.

Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.

What's the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable.

Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit.

Don't wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.