A few of my favorite quotes

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.   - Hafiz of Persia

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. - Mohandas K. Gandhi

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it. - Marian Wright Edelman

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost

Love is eternal, so let us give it some time. - Chris Schwartz

“If I stand alone, It does not mean, I am any less a Human, If my arms do not hold another, It does not mean, They are incapable of holding, If my tongue is silent, And never speaks the words of Love, It does not mean, That it will be mute, When the time comes, That the words can sincerely be spoken. And just because the World, Has not yet introduced, The one that will share my Life, It certainly does not mean, That I am incapable, Of Loving.”  - (unsure)

Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart. -Unknown

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults. -Charles Kingsley

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength. -Unknown

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.-August Wilson

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. -Anais Nin

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow. -Mary Anne Radmacher

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. -Golda Meir

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. -Buddha

You cannot ride two horses with one ass. -Unknown

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. -W. Clement Stone

All good things are wild, and free. -Henry David Thoreau

Anyone I'm with has to give me freedom. I like to be with someone who has character and style and someone who is very understanding. -Leonardo Dicaprio

Freedom is not a matter of choice, it is a destined path, an undying yearning for the peace of one's soul until attainment. -Unknown

Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. -Gibran Khalil Gibran

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. -Albert Camus

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain

And there, in the depths of winter, I found there was, within me, and invincible summer - Albert Camus

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. -A. A. Milne

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. -Mother Teresa

You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. -Rumi