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"You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period."
Quotes. I love quotes. =) I've been into quotes a lot lately. Heh. They have made me think a lot about life and the struggles we have to face each day. Like I've said before, I am a person of depth. I like going deep. Anything beneath the surface is what I like. =) I just finished watching "The Pursuit of Happyness". That movie is amazing. The struggle Christopher (Will Smith) went through is a STRUGGLE...I wouldn't be able to handle that, but we all have struggles. Some can handle more than others. Sometimes, I think about other peoples struggles and think "Wow, I wouldn't be able to handle that." I admire people that can handle a lot of adversity. My mother and my grandma are fighters. So is my cousin Jackie. People that can handle adversity, yet still manage to be happy and good are admiring to me. Very.
Here are some quotes that I have been dwelling on and trying to use in my life:
"Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
"By small and simple things are great things brought to pass." - Alma 37:6 (Book of Mormon)
"Who knows but that something wonderful may happen today. Have faith that it will. After all, every morning is a chance at a new day!"
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop, The Lion and the Mouse
"Each of us can do a little better than we have been doing. We can be a little more kind. We can be a little more merciful. We can be a little more forgiving. We can put behind us our weaknesses of the past and go forth with new energy and increased resolution to improve the world about us, in our homes, in our places of employment, in our social activities."
"Never lose faith in your opportunity to lift those who are in need, to give strength to those who are weak, to give encouragement to those who falter by the way."
"Reach out to help one another. All of us need help from time to time. We need encouragement. We need friends who will stand by us through thick and thin. I ask each of you to be that kind of friend."
"We have a tremendous responsibility. I do not hesitate to say that. So much depends on us. If not me, who? If not now, when? It is our job here and now to do our best to make a difference."
"Let us be a happy people. The Lord's plan is a plan of happiness. The way will be lighter, the worries will be fewer, the confrontations will be less difficult if we cultivate a spirit of happiness."
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." - Proverbs 17:22
"A reward of a thing well done, is to have done it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord; then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do."
"Life is never a failure until we call it such. There are so many who need your helping hands, your loving smile, your tender thoughtfulness."
"Look to God, and live." - Alma 37:47 (Book of Mormon)
