Famous Quotes

"All these bad experiences that we go through, they don't just disappear. We carry them our whole life trying to forget, escaping in habits, addictions, hate, toxic relationships. But what we don't know is that by doing so we let them stay alive. We water them like withered flowers and we hang onto them to justify our mistakes and failures."

"The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps."

"The best things aren't perfectly constructed. They aren't illusions. they aren't larger than life. They are life."

"Everyday it gets easier to connect with an electronic device that it is to connect with real people."

"Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try."

"...because love is continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love."

"Regardless of Sunshine or Rain, Be Thankful for another GREAT day…and treat Life as the ULTIMATE Gift.... Because IT IS :)"

"Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever."

"Stop searching the world for treasure, the real treasure is in yourself."

"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."

"Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life."

"And I'll tell her that I don't want my life to be samples and scraps. A taste of everything but a meal of nothing."

"What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone."

"You gotta take chances in this life or you're alreadydead."

"If you don't want anyone to know about your existence, you might as well kill yourself. You're taking up space, air."

"There is no list of rules. There is one rule. The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be. Being traditional is not traditional anymore. It’s funny that we still think of it that way. Normalize your lives, people. You don’t want a baby? Don’t have one. I don’t want to get married? I won’t. You want to live alone? Enjoy it. You want to love someone? Love someone. Don’t apologize. Don’t explain. Don’t ever feel less than. When you feel the need to apologize or explain who you are, it means the voice in your head is telling you the wrong story. Wipe the slate clean. And rewrite it. No fairy tales. Be your own narrator. And go for a happy ending. One foot in front of the other. You will make it."

"Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!"

"I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane."

"Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a story worth telling. Each callused palm, each cracked knuckle is a missed punch or years in a factory."

"The night is just a part of the day"

"You can forget that other people carry pieces of your own story around in their heads. I've always thought--put together all those random pieces form everyone who's ever known you from your parents to the guy who once sat next to you on a bus, and you'd probably see a fuller version of your life than you even did while living it."

"It is worth it to leave behing my minor life for grander maybes-Miles "Pudge"