"It's not who you are that holds you back. It's who you think you're not."
~twicsy.com

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your own riches, but reveal to him his own.
~ Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 - 1881)

For my Dread Pirate Harry, because this is what you do. Not just for me, but everyone around you.

I love that he says things like this:

"Well, you just need to be creative about not electrocuting someone."
~The Boy, discussing one of his many hobbies

"Part of why being comfortable with yourself is the first key to being badass is, it's fucking hard to be yourself. And the more unlike your social environment you are, the harder it is. It's a hard road to choose, a harder road to walk, and an even harder road to stay true to, up until a certain point at least. Getting to that point is hard."
~namfle on ( Read more... )

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."
~ Beverly Sills

"There is only one difference between dreams and aim. Dreams require effortless sleep and aim requires sleepless efforts."
~unknown

"We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."
~John W. Gardner"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to ( Read more... )

"Let's assume that each person has an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different. To realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses."
~John Fischer"Perhaps better we not obscure the idea that happiness and misery, kindness and greed, and good works and bad deeds are within the capacities of us ( Read more... )

“What I am looking for is what I am looking with.”
~St. Augustine, courtesy Moonshine

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand."
~Woodrow Wilson

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts."
~ John Locke