"It is a curious paradox that being gay is not for sissies".

-- Rick Crom

"You gotta have desire, man!"
-- Anita O'Day, as quoted by James Gavin

"Live and let live."
-- Anonymous

"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."

-- Pamela Vaull Starr

"The best thing in life is doing things people say you can't do."

-- Jennifer Moore

"A totally different you can emerge from a totally

different idea that you have about yourself. All it takes

is a decision to change your mind about Who You

Are and why you are here...

 

"Perspective is everything. What would it take to

elevate your awareness on this day?  Whatever it

would take, do that. Don't just think about it.  Do it."

-- Neale Donald Walsch

"All of my life I been like a doubled up fist... poundin', smashin', drivin' -- now I'm going to loosen these doubled up hands and touch things easy with them".
~~ Tennessee Williams

"It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going."
~~ Brian Tracy

"Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
~~ Rumi

"Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."
~~ Harvey Fierstein

"Somewhere there is something incredible waiting to be known."
~~ Carl Sagan

"All problems are invitations to look deeper and live higher".
~~ Alan Cohen

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow - it empties today of strength." 

~~ Corrie Ten Boom

"Insist on yourself. Never imitate."
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Following another's path leads to who they are, not to who you are."
~~ Harry Palmer

"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."
~~ Henry David Thoreau

"When a defining moment comes along, you can do one of two things. Define the moment or let the moment define you."  

~~ Tin Cup (Motion Picture)

"There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up."
~~ Bernard Meltzer

"Reach out to others and share with them the love in your heart, the love that can transform a moment of pain to a moment of joy, a day of loneliness to a day of possibility. Love your kids, neighbors, co-workers, public officials, friends and anyone else you can communicate with. Allow the Divine and the love that pulses through your precious and irresistible heart to touch another's life."
-- Debbie Ford

"There is only what serves you, and what does not. The terms "right" and "wrong" are relative terms". 

~~ Meditations from "Conversations with God

"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."
~~ Robert Frost

"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."
-- James Thurber

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."
-- Muhammad Ali

"What we must realize is that we cannot see everything. We do not know everything. More important, we must understand that it is impossible for us to control anything. The process of life is a spiritual one, governed by invisible, intangible spiritual laws and principles". 

-- Iyanla Vanzant

Creativity is not limited to artistic or literary pursuits. Creativity can be successfully applied to any undertaking. Make each effort fun and interesting by applying some delightful creativity to it. Get creative, and enjoy more success than ever before.
~~ Ralph Marston

"Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do".
~~ Albert Gray

“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”
~~ Oprah Winfrey

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

~~ Herman Cain

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments”

~~ Jim Rohn

“There is only one success... To be able to spend your life in your own way.”
~~ Christopher Morley

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek".

~~ Barack Obama

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?”
~~ W. Clement Stone

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
~~ Jose Addison

“When you love, 
things make even more sense.” 

~~ Paulo Coelho

"Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together." 

~~ Goethe

"When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people."
~~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down". 

~~ Oprah

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” 

~~ Paul Boese

"Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something." 

~~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day."
~~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don't let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash. 

-- RuPaul

"Reality can be hell when you're only visiting..."

-- Anonymous, as quoted by Higher Powered

Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too seriously.

-- Anonymous, as quoted by Dave

When the world comes to an end, it will do so without my permission.

-- Anonymous, as quoted by Dave 

Treat your mind like a bad neighborhood - don't go there alone.

-- Anonymous, as quoted by Dave

I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.
-- Og Mandino

There comes a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did, who won't anymore... and who always will. So, don't worry about people from your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.
~~ Unknown

If you wish to live in a positive world, be a positive person. If you desire peace, then be completely at peace with yourself. Life is a mirror that reflects your most authentic self back to you. It flows from the inside out.
~~ Ralph Marston

"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"

 -- Dale Carnegie

"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself." 

~~ Mark Caine

"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." 

~~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you." 

-- Henri Frederic Amiel

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
~~ Henry Ford

"Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Be as you wish to seem.” 

~~ Socrates

“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” 

~~ Socrates

"Wherever you are, is just fine…You can get to wherever you want to be from wherever you are… It’s time to stop measuring where you are in relationship to where anybody else is. The only factor that has anything to do with you is where you are in relationship with where you want to be".
-- Abraham-Hicks

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
-- Walt Disney

"Let your soul be your pilot, let your soul guide you, it will guide you well."
~~ Sting

“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.” 

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

Calm your thoughts and be peaceful. Know that all is well, all the time. This moment is already the best it can be, and is everything it can be. Accept it and move forward. Do not fear the worst, for your thoughts of fear give great power to whatever it is you fear. Instead, sincerely expect the best and you create the best. 

~~ Ralph Marston

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow". 

~~ Melody Beattie

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. 

~~ Mother Theresa

Allow your difficulties the opportunity to give you strength. Let the tough times make the good times much more rewarding than they otherwise would have been. Be truly thankful for each opportunity to more fully appreciate life's goodness. And be confident that the goodness is always there. 

~~ Ralph Marston

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.
~~ Ugo Betti

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
~~ Greg Anderson

"You are unique. Just like everyone else".
~~ Unknown

The point of your activities throughout the day is not to

make a living, but tomake a life; not to 'work' but to

create joy. If you are doing what you are doing merely

to 'pay the bills,' you will have missed the major reason

for All Of Life.

 

The purpose of life is to know and express Who You

Are. If you do other than that during the days and times

of your life, you will have not used those days and times

in a way that profits your soul. It is soul profit we are

after here, not body profit.

-- Neale Donald Walsch

"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~~ Oscar Wilde

The power of your example is greater than the power of what you say. 

~~ Twenty-Four Hours a Day

"The past is best mended by living so fully today that its errors have no place in our lives".
~~ Anonymous AA Member

"Nothing is so sad to me that I can't fine the 'funny' in it, even if it's just the irony".

-- Pam, Sobriety is Exhausting

The world steps aside to let any man pass if he knows where he is going.
~~ David S. Jordan

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

~~ 1 Corinthians 14:4

Be yourself. Ask for help. Trust your Higher Power. Two thoughts will always mess us up if we let them in. They are "Yes, but..." and "What if?" Don't let them in.  

~~ Keep It Simple. ~Keep It Simple

You are peace and joy and light. 

~~ Meditations from "Conversations with God Book 1" 

I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face...I say to myself, I’ve lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along.
~~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"I rarely grieve 'hard' when people die. People dying is sort of a fundamental 'given'."

~~ Pam, Sobiety is Exhausting

"...All you really need is a truly open mind. Just resign from the debating society and quit bothering yourself with such deep questions as whether it was the hen or the egg that came first. Again I say, all you need is the open mind".

~~ 12 & 12, p. 26

"Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic" 

-- John Henry Jowett

"Use time as it comes, to be productive and creative and effective. The more wisely you use your time, the more control you'll have over all the aspects of your life... Get in the habit of doing what is best instead of merely what is easiest. In fact, seek out the difficult challenges and deal with them on your own terms rather than waiting until they find you... Go ahead and do what must be done, then take the initiative and do even more. Live life on the highest level by working your way upward each chance you get".
~~ Ralph Marston

"The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself".
~~ Wallace Stevens

"No matter how hard you may try to change the fact, you’re born with just one body in this lifetime. It may be thin, fat, small, large, toned, short, or tall. Whatever the shape, color, or size – you only get one. It’s yours forever, so accept and embrace it, and above all honor it... This precious vehicle we call the body is the way that your soul expresses itself, and gets from place to place on its journey here in this dense molecular physical dimension. Research has proved that most people are less than satisfied with the body they were born with. Some spend a lifetime attempting to perfect it with exercise combined with a good healthy lifestyle, while others choose to surgically change it. If we could only see through the eyes of the Divine how beautiful we are, we would know it, and recognize it for what it truly is – a wondrous temple for the soul...
The body’s a miracle in itself and used properly, it can be a wonderful intuitive resource to tap into the power of the soul. Your body is your soul’s instrument to show the outside world the luminous light that emanates from within. It’s easy to tell when someone’s really happy, as they glow from the inside out. The light literally radiates from them, and it’s a joy to step into their space (their aura) and bask in their positive energy. Think of the number of times that someone has told you: 'You’re beaming!' The body and soul are constantly striving to live, work and journey through this life in perfect harmony, just like perfectly formed bookends. They dance together as though they were always meant to partner each other... Whether you use meditation, music, sound, or your own personal mantra to enter your temple, always remember to look at your body as a miracle. I constantly remind my students and readers of one of the most important statements, which I want to repeat again here: 'The same material that makes up the universe is inside you. You need not look beyond your own body for Heaven for, in a sense, it’s a state of being and not necessarily a location somewhere out in the cosmos.'... Honor and take care of your temple, you only get one in this lifetime, and it will serve you and your soul quite well in the journey we call life".
-- John Holland

"Happiness and love are just a choice away.” 

~~ Leo Buscaglia

"Don’t wait. The time for life is now. The time for love is now. The time to do is now. Not tomorrow."  

~~ Leo Buscaglia

"If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it." 

~~ Toni Morrison

"It takes an awful lot of rehearsal for a man to get to be himself."  

~~ James Cagney

"The struggle never ends, only the nature of it changes."
~~ Colleen Dewhurst

"I have to remind myself that every day is not a Doris Day"
-- DAAve

"It's never too late—in fiction or in life—to revise".
~~ Nancy Thayer

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these".
~~ George Washington Carver

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional".
~~ M. Kathleen Casey

"He who wants a rose must respect the thorn".
~~ Persian Proverb

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see". 

~~ Mark Twain

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice".
~~ Unknown

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer".
~~ Anonymous

"Stayin' in the day in a 'joyful and grateful' kind of way".

~~ Pam, Sobriety is Exhausting

"The more a man knows, the more he forgives".
~~ Confucius

"Don't give your advice before you are called upon".
~~ Desiderius Erasmus

"You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers".
~~ Les Brown