quotes-to-live-by

Wounds are wounds. Scars are scars. They can heal but not vanish.

Just one act of kindness can change someone's whole world.

You fail to see the endless sky when you have a tunnel vision

In order to know the world from the outside, you must know yourself from the inside.

I think you can tell when you meet someone whether they read novels. There's some hollowness if they don't.

What courage basically comes down to as human beings is to protect the lives of others, to go out of your way to save others._ __hen a baby comes out of its mother and it moves and breathes and it__ alive, you have to do the courageous . . . you have to do the right thing,_ Cameron said. __ou have to protect it.

I grew up being told, "If you do marijuana you'll be a slave for the rest of your life," and it only took me ten minutes to realize smoking marijuana was pretty cool. Then it was, "If you take LSD you'll be a slave for the rest of your life. Then it got to be, "If you take cocaine, you'll be slave for life." I took LSD, and I wasn't a slave for life. There was a time when I thought, "Hey, I've been taking Heroin for six months and I feel fine. You know, just on weekends." I actually believed that you didn't have to become addicted. I was wrong. The most important thing out of this is, don't lie to the kids. If marijuana is not going to make you homeless and addicted, don't tell people it is, because they'll found out it doesn't, then when they get to the stuff that really WILL, they ain't gonna believe you." - Dickie Peterson

There is no pain and there are no sorrows. They no longer have permission to live in my today or my tomorrow.

Be gentle, kind and loving as often as you possibly can.

When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.

Personal sophistication never goes out of style.

I was never fond of this boyfriend-girlfriend game. Outsmart me, make me feel challenged and I can walk with you forever but to act like love smitten puppies in love is not my thing.

Perfection is an opinion not a fact.

Don__ worry about what life may bring. Just live like we don__ have another day.

Never judge a book by its price"This is the price an author pays to be known. :)

What if..." is my philosophy. I won't say it's plays like a broken record, no, it plays like a I hit the continuous repeat button on a one song playlist. When I see people who are pained and stressed by the world their trapped in, I ask, "What if?" and create their story about why they're constantly rolling their eyes behind their spouses back, then paste a smile when needed. We weren't born to live a life of misery, don't ever believe it. That's just not how it is, it's never too late to find your voice. Dig deep, grasp it and roar.

I may a loser in many ways but not a quitter in any way.

Your destination should determine who you choose as friend