I'm a huge fan of quotes and lyrics. They can be from famous people, sermons, or just something a friend says in a casual conversation. Over the years I've collected hundreds of them from all different places. I jot them down when I find one that really inspires me. Right at this moment you can find quotes that I've scribbled on scraps of paper or post-its on the dashboard of my car, on the back of my bedroom door, in the empty pages in the back of my Bible, and in most of my notebooks and journals. I often wonder what people would say at my funeral--what things they would remember me saying. I've never felt like I had much wisdom to impart, so I'm always excited when I hear a quote that seems to speak to my heart--or seemingly out of my heart in a way that I wasn't yet able to verbalize. I've decided to use my blog as a way to share some of my favorites.
"Life is too short to live the same day twice." -unknown
"Freedom begins when you get out of the cage you've built." -Lacuna Coil
"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." -T.S. Eliot
"Use your talents, for the woods would be silent if no birds sang but the best." -unknown
"Sometimes what feels like an end is actually a beginning, and that's when the real work starts." -Bob Guiney
"Forgiveness is forfeiting the right to be offended by how someone has treated you." -unknown
"Life is like a roll of toilet paper--the more you use up, the faster it goes." -Althea Kelly
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt
"The best thing you can do for a man is give him someone to love. If you can't do this, then give him something to hope for. If you can't do that, just give him something to do!" -Flight of the Phoenix
"Intimacy and Honesty are best friends." -Andrew Hudson
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential." -Maya Angelou
"Who is a hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend." -the Talmud
"A half-hearted effort means you never really lose because the game never gets your all. The real risk? To try your hardest." -unknown
"I try to believe like I did when I was 5...when your heart tells you everything you need to know." -Lucy Liu
"Religion is man trying to get to God. Jesus Christ is God building a bridge to man."-Out of Eden
"Suffering is opportunity wrapped up in pain." -Shanon Pope
And my absolute favorite...
"I believe in the Sun, even when it is not shining, in Love even when I am alone, and in God even when He is silent."
-found scratched in a wall in Germany by someone hiding from Nazi concentration camps.
Hope you enjoyed these as much as I do, and as always, thanks for reading!
