Inspirational Quotes - If you want to be happy, be.
“Do
not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best
time to be happy is always now.”
―
Roy T. Bennett
“Listen
with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem
with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When
we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen
for what’s behind the words.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“You
may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood
and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows
that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role,
your gift.”
―
Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
“If
you want to be happy, be.”
―
Tolstoy Leo
“Help
others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving
anything in return.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“Imagination
is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”
―
Albert Einstein
“I
just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling
you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.”
―
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“The
unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other
people think.”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“Whatever
you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always
someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising
that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action
and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.
Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
―
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If
I should have a daughter…“Instead of “Mom”, she’s gonna call me “Point B.”
Because that way, she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can
always find her way to me. And I’m going to paint the solar system on the back
of her hands so that she has to learn the entire universe before she can say
“Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.”
She’s
gonna learn that this life will hit you, hard, in the face, wait for you to get
back up so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of
you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by band-aids or poetry, so the first
time she realizes that Wonder-woman isn’t coming, I’ll make sure she knows she
doesn’t have to wear the cape all by herself. Because no matter how wide you
stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain
you want to heal. Believe me, I’ve tried.
And
“Baby,” I’ll tell her “don’t keep your nose up in the air like that, I know
that trick, you’re just smelling for smoke so you can follow the trail back to
a burning house so you can find the boy who lost everything in the fire to see
if you can save him. Or else, find the boy who lit the fire in the first place
to see if you can change him.”
But
I know that she will anyway, so instead I’ll always keep an extra supply of
chocolate and rain boats nearby, ‘cause there is no heartbreak that chocolate
can’t fix. Okay, there’s a few heartbreaks chocolate can’t fix. But that’s what
the rain boots are for, because rain will wash away everything if you let it.
I
want her to see the world through the underside of a glass bottom boat, to look
through a magnifying glass at the galaxies that exist on the pin point of a
human mind. Because that’s how my mom taught me. That there’ll be days like
this, “There’ll be days like this my momma said” when you open your hands to
catch and wind up with only blisters and bruises. When you step out of the
phone booth and try to fly and the very people you wanna save are the ones
standing on your cape. When your boots will fill with rain and you’ll be up to
your knees in disappointment and those are the very days you have all the more
reason to say “thank you,” ‘cause there is nothing more beautiful than the way
the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline no matter how many times it’s
sent away.
You
will put the “wind” in win some lose some, you will put the “star” in starting
over and over, and no matter how many land mines erupt in a minute be sure your
mind lands on the beauty of this funny place called life.
And
yes, on a scale from one to over-trusting I am pretty damn naive but I want her
to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but
don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.
“Baby,”
I’ll tell her “remember your mama is a worrier but your papa is a warrior and
you are the girl with small hands and big eyes who never stops asking for
more.”
Remember
that good things come in threes and so do bad things and always apologize when
you’ve done something wrong but don’t you ever apologize for the way your eyes
refuse to stop shining.
Your
voice is small but don’t ever stop singing and when they finally hand you
heartbreak, slip hatred and war under your doorstep and hand you hand-outs on
street corners of cynicism and defeat, you tell them that they really ought to
meet your mother.”
―
Sarah Kay
