"You are Mine and you cannot be lost to My love. You can never be despised by Me. You never slip out of My presence for a moment. You are never abandoned for a split second. There's never a moment that I am not continually aware of you. There is never a fraction of a second that I am not caring for you. There is never a thought in My heart that is unloving toward you. You are Mine forever, My child whom I love and for whom I would give My life endless times.- Love Jesus" - Unknown

Hope for everything but expect nothing. That was if it doesn't happen you aren't brutally disappointed and if it does then you're pleasantly surprised. I try to live my life in those guidelines

faith makes things possible, not easy.

One day at a time.

Cross the bridge when you come to it.

"Only a life lived for others is worth living." -Albert Einstein

"We're here in a yellow truck, a road in front of us, and nothing but opportunities." -Keith Zetterstrom from Keith (Jesse McCartney)

"Boy, sometimes all it takes is a split second for you to do something you'll regret for the rest of your life." -Stephen Simmons from The War (Kevin Costner)

"When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like wildfire." -Whoopi Goldberg

"People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be
shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.
Think big anyway.
What you spend years building may
be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack if you help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have
and you might get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway."
-Anonymous

'and after everything ive been through, still i rise'

Memento Mori.

It's like carpe diem's scary older cousin: Remember you must die.

Since I was a teenager I have said to myself "You will live through it" even when you feel like you could die from all the stress and pain, you will keep living and life will go on. I has been the one thing that has pulled me through so many times. Just telling myself that I will live through it is my strength I need in my head to carry on.

"You say your life is your own. But can you dare to ignore the chance that you are taking part in a gigantic drama under the orders of a divine Producer? Your cue may not come till the end of the play--it may be totally unimportant, a mere walking-on part, but upon it may hang the issues of the play if you do not give the cue to another player. The whole edifice may crumple. You as you, may not matter to anyone in the world, but you as a person in a particular place may matter unimaginably."

Agatha Christie - Man from the Sea

Make it a great day, or not, the choice is yours.

"It's better to be pissed off than pissed on!"
-my mom

"Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass and are done; but there is that which remains."
Liber al vel Legis II:IX
Aleister Crowley

The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.


There was never a time when your life was not Now... nor will there ever be.


The end of illusion - that's all that death is. It is painful only as long as you cling to illusion.


Nothing real can be threatened.


(All are from Eckhart Tolle's book, "The Power of Now")

It's not failing to fall down, it's only failure if you stay down.

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

If today was your past, what would you say to yourself in the future?

Everyday is a challenge, the best gift yet it can be the worst surprise.

Whether you think you can your can't...YOU'RE RIGHT.

Solice is not found in a knife.

Bad Times Make Good Times Better Times

Don't let the sadness of your past & the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present.

"It's not brave if you're not scared"

This applies to so many kinds of fear and helps me push on when I want to give up.

Bonus points if you know the movie this line is from. I had an epiphany when I heard it and haven't forgotten since!

Remember the people who the world almost breaks are the ones who save it

don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened. -dr. suess

The words I live by are "Everything's a piece of everyone."

- Andrew McMahon (the song Caves)

my latest mantra?

i am only human. and i forgive myself.

never tell people your problems.
20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.

-it is to be believed because it is absurd; it is certain because it is impossible.

-don't believe everything you think

-we've all been sorry, we've all been hurt, how we survive is what makes us who we are.

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Cor 13:4-8)

My mother always used to tell me:

I love you with all my heart.


I miss her so much!

"Life isn't about the amount of breaths you take; it's about the moments that take your breath away."

-Jessica Allan

"Live you life with a mind open to everything( you will be open to opportunities) and attach to nothing"(nothing you lose will hurt you because you are not attach to them

-to fear is one thing, to let it grab you by the tail and swing you around it another
-don't just count your years, make your years count
-right is right, even when everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even when everyone is for it

- This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time

- I don’t wanna die without any scars

- If you wanna make an omelet you gotta break some eggs.

fight club

write for yourself. your audience will come to you.

That I have a choice every day of what kind of day I'm going to have. I can let the shit get me down, or I can decide that I'm going to have a good day.

Miss all as though you were apart,
Love as if none can break your heart,
Speak up as if there were no cost,
Go forth as if you can't get lost,
Be true like none will hold a grudge,
Sing loud and dance like none will judge,
Laugh out as though you cannot cry,
Live life as though you cannot die...
D. Castillo

"Choose your attitude"
-my mom

Time is only wasted when you aren't having fun.
You aren't having fun if you don't have a smile on your face.

In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.
- Bill Baughan

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last is dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
- Alfre D. Souza

Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge at you because you are a vegetarian. (I LOVE THIS ONE)
- Shari R. Barr

The rain may be falling hard outside.
But your smile makes it all alright.
I'm so glad that you're my friend.
I know our friendship will never end.
- Robert Alan

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything at all.
- Mark Twain

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
- Unknown

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on water; but to walk on the earth
- chinese proverb

What people say, what people do, what people say they do are entirely different things.

- Margaret Meade

You can tell a few lies, tell everyone you're fine. But you know the truth, and that always going to haunt you. Lying to yourself never works. There are two of you in your heart, and they both know the truth. No matter how hard you try to convince yourself otherwise.
- Unknown

When you come to the edge of all the light you have known and are about to step out into the darkness, Faith is knowing one of two things will happen - there will be something to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.

Without this saying, I don't know how I would have kept going - it's just been so inspiratational to me.

If you live your life with regrets, you will regret living your life.

some one once told me that every song ends. but is that any reason not to enjoy the music- one tree hill
18/F

If you believe in yourself, and with a tiny pinch of magic, all you dreams will come true. - Spongebob

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

Robert Frost

"It's okay to have scars, they will make you who you are"
-Christmas TV, Slow Club

Protect those who love you. Save those who don't.

Ne Humanus Crede (Trust no-one)

In Vino Veritas (In drink the truth)

What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger

If you have only one good friend in life... you're rich.

The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy.

Forgiveness isn't about the other person, its about you.

A ship is safe in the harbor, but that's not what it was built to do.

Break free from the bloody shackles of scoiety, and flow like water in a river.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

A bend in the road is only the end of the road if you fail to make the turn.

Everything gets better in time. Some things just take longer.

Most of what you can or can't do is only in your head.

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

-- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

Bayside always knows how to put it best.

"i read somewhere... how important it is in life n... "I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong."

Find the hours clocks cannot define

You will make it. But someone will love you even if you don't.

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you're meant to do.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

I think Brett Dennen sang it very well "I will be the one who loves me the most"

No matter what misfortunes may take place in life I will never lose faith in the beauty that truly can never be taken away from us; the right and ability to be happy, to love and to be loved (all three stem from your own heart)

"Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself."

It's a movie quote:

I'd rather have 10 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special."

"sometimes its best to forget how you FEEL and remember what you DESERVE"....

Don't take life so seriously. Nobody makes it out alive anyway.

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.

"I live too fast and I love too much and I'll die too young, but I chose this cup that i drank from. Knew what I was getting into"
Bayside - "Tortures of the Damned"

"No matter what you do, no matter how many things you have on your plate, focus. When you decide to do something throw your whole self into it. There is no way you will ever accomplish anything if you are half in and half way out"
Me. 19 years old to my 53 year old mother on choosing a career.

"Have passion"

If you are going to commit to something be passionate about it. Not committing is better than going in lukewarm.

- my father

"Yesterday is gone and tomorrow hasn't arrived. I only have one day, today, and I'm going to make the most of it."

"Don't worry about a thing cuz every little thing gonna be alright."

"When I am ready to quit learning, I am ready to quit living."

-Mickey McCoy, Drama, Sheldon Clark High School, Inez, KY

Suck it up and tough it out.

Life is not always fair. Somethings you can't change. So do the best with what your given.

"Danger no refuge holds, and war no peace, for him who hears love sing and never cease."

W.B.Yeats--->life.

One of my favorite's~

You're only as good as your word!

My motto is "live with intention."

Your actions, and words don't mean anything unless you make them mean something.

So make it count ;)

Love can be a many splendid thing
Can't deny the joy it brings
A dozen roses
Diamond rings
Dreams for sale
And fairy tales
It'll make you hear a symphony
And you just want the world to see
But like a drug that makes you blind
It'll fool you every time

The trouble with love is
It can tear you up inside
Make your heart believe a lie
It's stronger then your pride
The trouble with love is
It doesn't care how fast you fall
And you can't refuse the call
See you've got no say at all

"I am not afraid to keep on living, I am not afraid to walk this world alone."

I am going through some medical issues right now and this quote from My Chemical Romance's song Famous Last Words saved my life!

Something that is worth having is worth the fight.

If you don't believe in yourself, how are you going to make anyone else believe in you?

Bad things can happen to anyone. What people are remembered for is how they overcome the bad and succeed.

Love is nasty. Love hurts. Love will break your heart. Love is worth it all.

The destination isnt what matters most, its the jounrey and what you gain from it.

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd & accept their approach.

Be true and do what you will.

If you truely love someone, you'll forgive the unforgivable.

This too shall pass.

A cup of tea and a good book can reverse even the most dismal day.

The 'Platinum' Rule where I work is:
Treat others as they want to be treated.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.

From Mr. Magorium's Wonder emporium

It is what it is.

If you're going to do it, do it whole-heartedly.

"Better to be lovelorn and alone than to try love and be hurt."

Graffiti in London: You don't have to be cool. You don't.

Faking it can work, but To become truly good at something, you have to dare to be bad at it first.

Female,16

"He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us throught the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. This is a trustworthy saying.

-Titus 3:5-8

No one can outrun their destiny

at any moment your life can end

so live it , love it and laugh

if it doesn't hurt, work harder. if it hurts, work harder more often.

the life of a ballet dancer is hard.

female, 16

Everthing happens for a reason, therefore make the best of it, then carry on living.

Life's a garden; dig it.

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

— Mark Twain

"When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement."

From WHEN DEATH COMES by Mary Oliver

Blondes also prefer gentlemen.

Use it or lose it.

Treat others the way you would like to be treated.

The setting the butterfly free thing and it will come back.-Who wants someone who doesn't want to be with you?

The high school years are not "The best years of your life". Things will get much much better.

There is beauty in everything but not everyone see's it. Aristotle.

Our thoughts create our reality.

Wisest words to live by :"Fake it till you make it!"

Know that you can never truly understand anyone. Know that you should try to accept everyone and understand why they are what they are. Know that you should love everyone.

A life lived in fear is not lived at all.

In God we trust. All others use cash.