Aging is a mortal term that my immortal spirit doesn't quite grasp.
Even among familiar faces, people often feel invisible and desolate, like an island in cold waters or a shadow apart from the crowd. Be the reason another never feels alone.
Your problem is in thinking the sky's the limit. Why set limits?
Determined, I rise and face the dawn with resolve. This time I will win.
Very often, what is meant to be a stepping stone turns out to be a slab of wet cement that will harden around your foot if you do not take the next step soon enough.
My goals may seem impossibly far-fetched when really they're not. Break them down into steps and see how I accomplish great things. I can easily reach from A to B. I can manage from B to C. I can then make it from C to D. And so eventually...
There are still blue skies and rainbows and days bathed in sunlight. There are colorful shade trees filled with sweet bird songs. And there are wishing stars in the heavens as well as angels in God's service. So lift up your eyes. Refuse to be unhapp...
Relax; the world's not watching that closely. It's too busy contemplating itself in the mirror.
A finger beckons. My choice is to turn away. It is a mistake.
You cannot appreciate what you have never experienced. Sadly, full appreciation tends to come only after the experience is past.
The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.
You can believe what you've been told. You can imagine in vivid detail the things explained to you. You may even feel emotions assumed to accompany the related experience. But you absolutely know something with any real degree of understanding until ...
Poetry is the wailing of a broken heart―the etched sorrows of despairing souls. These artful words are an exclamation in rare colors expressed noiselessly on parchment. Poetry is the unheard cry of a budding flower, wilting. It is a humble, ...
A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions. A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding our hearts. A poet wraps words around our own feelings and presents them as fresh gifts to humanity.
It is a fact that one man can be deliriously happy in the exact situation that causes another man to wither from depression.
A great many problems could be solved by nothing more than a change in thinking.
I'm generally quite happy until someone tells me I'm not. I don't see how they know I'm not, but suddenly I feel less happy.
Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness once they are found.
Never give up. This applies to more than goals and dreams, it is a maxim for basic daily struggles. It shapes one's life, including the will to continue to live. It supports love and committed relationships; it bolsters hope, faith, and charity; it i...
Every person sees the world through lenses of his or her own design—individual goggles that alter focus and perspective as desired. For those who wish the world to be dark and ugly and unapproachable, it is. But for those who wish it to be beautifu...
When thunderstorms roll in, you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour or smile and look for rainbows.
