Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
Gordon B. Hinckley
Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over.
Marjorie Celona
One life. Just one.
Why aren't we running like we are on fire towards our wildest dreams?
Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can't. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.
Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper
A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name.
Ask, and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
James 4:14
Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, you didn't settle for it.
Don't hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. Just get out and do it. Just get out and do it. You will be very, very glad that you did.
Christopher McCandless (Into The Wild)
Your twenties are a time of exploration, not certainty. Get out and try, don't sit at home thinking you should already know.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Anais Nin
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.
Amanda McBroom - The Rose