person

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Albert Einstein

message

Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it's inspiring.

Anonymous

until

Not until we are lost do we begin to find ourselves.

Henry David Thoreau

embrace

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

Kenji Miyazawa

good

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.

Anonymous

allow

Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life.

Steve Maraboli

soar

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

Fredrich Nietzsche

when

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Lao Tzu

common

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

David Byrne

success

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Albert Schweitzer

without

Without justice and love, peace will always be a great illusion.

Dom Helder Camara

only

The only person who can make you miserable is yourself, if you hold back because you're too afraid of failure to take a chance.

Shana Norris

remember

You forget what you want to remember, you remember what you want to forget.

Cormac McCarthy

start

Let's just start and see what happens.

Sarah Dessen

be better

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

Ken Venturi

dreams

Dreams spark the imagination like nothing else. We have perhaps our most creative thoughts in dreams.

J.T. Holden

malady

The real malady is fear of life, not of death.

Naguib Mahfouz

accept

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

George Sand

whatever

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Abraham Lincoln

believe

Believe there is light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you may be that light for someone else.

Kobi Yamada

no matter

No matter how far down the wrong you've gone, turn back.

Old Proverb

powerful

Confidence is your most powerful asset; knowledge is your most powerful weapon.

Marissa Carmel

bigger

Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.

Tony Hsieh

boat

We may have all come from different ships, but we're on the same boat now.

Martin Luther King, Jr

effort

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Napoleon Hill

listen

Listen to the sound of waves within you.

Rumi

dream

When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.

Dom Helder Camara

the past

It is okay to talk about the past, as long as there's no bitterness and anger. It only gives you a heart attack. It won't change the past either.

Ann Marie Aguilar

perfection

Don't fear perfection, you'll never reach it.

Salvador Dali

misfortune

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

Lydia M. Child

happiness

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

Sarah McLachlan

who

Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light.

Maurice Freehill

fear

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

Hafiz

listen

The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.

Alfred Brendel

vision

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Jonathan Swift

kindness

Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception.

Lord Buddha

love

Know that it is the waves of love that turn the wheels of Heaven.

Rumi

gate

I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.

Arthur Wing Pinero

alive

To be awake is to be alive.

Henry David Thoreau

twice

You can't make the same mistake twice. The second time you make it, it's no longer a mistake, it's a choice.

Anonymous

thinking

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Plato

recognizing

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Frederick Keonig

chance

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Anatole France

time

Time in not something you make, it's something you take.

Anonymous

time

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Steve Jobs

(internet photo)

beauty

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

Voltaire

longer

You live longer once you realize that any time spent unhappy is wasted.

Ruth E. Renkl

why

Why stop dreaming when you wake up?

Anonymous

surrender

Your dream will challenge, prod and haunt you until you surrender to its call.

Wayne Cordeiro

go

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Robert Cummings

(this is dedicated to sam d. who unwittingly provides many dream quotes)