December 2011
3 posts
“Grant yourself a moment of peace, and you will understand how foolishly you have...”
– Ancient Chinese proverb (via creatingaquietmind)
“The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live...”
– Normant Vincent Peale (via myquotelibrary)
“It doesn’t happen all at once, you ‘become’. It takes a long time. That’s why it...”
– The Velveteen Rabbit (via bliccy)
October 2011
1 post
2 tags
““You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved...”
– Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren. (via katykelley)
August 2011
85 posts
5 tags
“Do the things you used to talk about doing but never did. Know when to let go...”
– Kristin Armstrong (via buryyourselfinwords)
“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert (via onherway)
“This was when I learned that you have to give up your life as you know it to get...”
– Kelly Cutrone (via fckyeahmemories)
“The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for...”
– Victor Hugo
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure...”
– William Gibson
“People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent...”
– Nick Hornby (High Fidelity)
The Most Imortant Thing I Ever Learned →
Try this:
Hold your hands up, palms facing each other, one beside each ear. Feel the heat radiating from your head, and get a sense of how small the space is between your hands. It’s not much bigger than a basketball.
Every single thing you’ve ever experienced, every sour memory, every embarrassment, every triumph, every great fear and every great hope, is confined within the space between your...
“Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your...”
– Ann Landers (via yearslater)
“When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to...”
– Maya Angelou (via onherway)
“Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday....”
– Sarah Breathnach (via onherway)
“Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is...”
– Gary Zukav (via kari-shma)
“Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people...”
– C. JoyBell C. (via onherway)
“Most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an...”
– Lisa Kleypas (Scandal in Spring)
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
– Nora Ephron (via onherway)
“Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry — all forms of fear — are caused by too...”
– Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now (via onherway)
“If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they...”
– Stephanie Klein (via kari-shma)
“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of...”
– David J. Pollay (via onherway)
lickypickysticky:
Queensryche - Silent...
“Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to...”
– JK Rowling (via goldinfifty)
“Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.”
“Rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
(via wreckandsalvage)
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we...”
– John Lennon (via mybluecanoe)
“Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at...”
– Corrie Ten Boom (via justbesplendid)
“She must find a boat and sail in it. No guarantee of shore. Only a conviction...”
– Jeanette Winterson (via kari-shma)
“This felt right. Not just leaving, but how I was doing it. Without regret,...”
– Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)
“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head...”
– Ann Landers (via kari-shma)
“It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive...”
– Mitch Albom (via shubacca)
“Live the life you wish to, date the man you wish to date, and stop looking to...”
– David Sullivan (via kari-shma)
“Life is short. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn’t...”
– Sarah Dessen (via kari-shma)
“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”
– Henry Rollins (via kari-shma)
“Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give in return. Grace...”
– Paul Zahl (via nonelikejesus)
“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via thatkindofwoman)
“You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?”
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from,...”
– Madonna (via onherway)
“Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you?...”
– Cassandra Clare (via kari-shma)
“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot...”
– Elizabeth Taylor (via swankydee)
“”When you’re ready to quit you’re closer than you think.”
– Bob Parsons, founder of Go Daddy (via zephyrwild)
“Don’t give up. Keep going. There is always a chance that you stumble onto...”
– Ann Landers (via kari-shma)
“Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice.”
– Ann Landers (via kari-shma)
“Learn to look within yourself for appreciation and acceptance and give yourself...”
– Unknown (via creatingaquietmind)
“‘The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it,...”
– Alan Watts (via heartmindspirit)
“Because that’s what life’s about. It’s about the time where you lay in the grass...”
– (via wordsandlyrics)
“Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.”
– Haruki Murakami (via ratak-monodosico)
“The best piece of advice I could give anyone is pretty simple: get a life. A...”
– Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life (via katiewelch)
Reblogging as a reminder.
(via lifemoreexciting)
Oh man. Best advice. Unfortunate that it takes some things to help you get there.
(via bees-knees)
“She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her...”
– Sarah Dessen (via kari-shma)
“It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always....”
– Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind)
“A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear...”
– Stephan Hoeller (via onherway)