I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my ears, my eyes, my noseholes--everywhere. Until it's every breath I breathe. I'm going to go out like a fucking meteor!

Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.

Others can't always define your true identity. They see what they 'want' to see but beyond your mess, God sees the beauty He created and still thinks it's good!

Why do deprivation, adversity, scarcity, and suffering often produce the best character qualities in us while prosperity, ease, and abundance often produce the worst? There is an invisible pattern in the design of deprivation: deprivation draws out desire. Absence heightens it.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

Delight in your weaknesses because they make you strongerDelight in your imperfections because they make you perfectRejoice in your sorrow because it adds to your joyRelish at your pain because it makes your relief worth whileBe glad when you are sad because it accentuates your happinessBe happy when they put you down because it makes you fight that much harderAccept when you are corrected because it adds to your wisdomLaugh at your tearsConfront your nightmaresForgive your enemiesLove them all

Believe it and you can be it!

A caterpillar knows it's a butterfly, even if the whole world tries to convince it that it's just a worm.

I gave up many times but I never quit.

Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are enough.

We are all born stars, but some refuse to shine and others make it their life’s mission to glow.

The 7 Steps to Transformation:1. Dream it.2. Envision it.3. Think it.4. Grow it.5. Become it.6. Live it.7. OWN it.

A star is a rock that could no longer hide its beauty from the world.

Looking up at the stars only proves you admire them, but shining your light proves you are like them.

As the sky is too big for two stars to clash, the world is big enough for all of us to shine.

It is impossible for darkness to reign in the presence of a star.

If size really mattered, a match wouldn’t be able to set a forest on fire.

Stars give so much to the world without demanding payment. Be likewise.

If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If they say you will deteriorate, flourish.

You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.

If you can’t move a mountain by faith, move it by carrying away stone by stone.

A diamond only truly appreciates pressure the day it begins to shine.

The world is already full of critics; to stand out, be an encourager.

It is impossible for a star to shine and not get noticed, even in the dark.

Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.

It is not the size of a seed, but the size of what rises from it.

If you see a shot, shoot.

You can blow out a candle, but you cannot blow out a star.

You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.

Dream while others are sleeping. Dare while others are wishing. Do while others are talking. Deliver while others are quitting.

To strengthen the body’s muscles, exercise; the mind’s muscles, read; the heart’s muscle’s, laugh; and the soul’s muscles, love.

In a second you can change your mind, in a minute you can change your heart, in an hour you can change your life, and in a day you can change your destiny.

Run to brilliance. Sprint to excellence. Soar to transcendence.

The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.

If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.

When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.

No matter how low the sun sets, the time is coming when it will surely rise.

Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.

Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.

Don't feel useless. Even a spoilt clock is right twice a day.

In the body is tremendous strength, in the mind is brilliant potential, in the heart is extraordinary influence, and in the soul is remarkable power.

Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.

When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.

The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.

Learn from the ocean; not fearing turbulence, it uses the wind against it to rise instead.

A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.

In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.

The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars.

If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.

A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.

A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.

The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

A single star shines brighter than a thousand moons.

A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

Just becauseyou feel lostdoesn't meanthat you are.Sometimes youjust have to relax,breathe deep,and trust the pathyou're on.

Shout out to everyone transcendinga mindset, mentality, desire, belief,emotion, habit, behavior or vibration,that no longer serves them.

Inhale every blessing you can think of, and exhale all that is not. Like a fist that can always get tighter, you can always give more. It is essential that you know that in your heart, and you will survive this day as you have so many in the past. You can get through this. I believe in the power of you.

Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying

Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and expect positive results.

Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction.

Don't give up when dark times come. The more storms you face in life, the stronger you'll be. Hold on. Your greater is coming.

If you are in hard times, ask yourself: “What would this problem and my life mean to people two hundred years from now?

When regret and shame fades away, beauty will be in your heart to forever stay.

Creativity bleeds from the pen of inspiration.

You can want, wish, and dream all day, but those that prepare, work, learn, practice, and problem-solve are the ones that find success in sports, business, music, or whatever.Back up what you want with doing the work it takes to get it.

Learn to master your thoughts and watch closely what you deposit into your spirit. Speak over your life. Living in peace has transformative power.

The courage to admit when you're wrong doesn't show weakness. It shows your strength. Your integrity speaks volumes about you as a person.

Whether you choose to move on from your struggles and enjoy life or waddle in your misery, life will continue.

Don't stop believing,Don't be afraid of change,Don't underestimate yourself,Don't make excuses,Don't cheat yourself,Don't ever ever STOP!

I always have the time, the room and the energy for more love.

Discipline is the thing that makes you do what you might not want to, but you do it anyway because it's what you have to do in order to get what you want or desire.

Money does not dictate your lifestyle, it's what you do to get it and how you manage your finances that determines your lifestyle.

There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.

No one else knows exactly what the future holds for you, no one else knows what obstacles you've overcome to be where you are, so don't expect others to feel as passionate about your dreams as you do.

Be yourself....and make the world adjust!

At the very moment when people underestimate you is when you can make a breakthrough.

A great sense of commitment builds a hardworking spirit.

If you walked away from atoxic, negative, abusive,one-sided, dead-endlow vibrationalrelationship or friendship — you won.

If life is fast, live faster.

Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality.

7 Rules to a Happy Life:1. Be humble2. Don’t worry 3. Don't settle for less4. Mind your business5. Work hard 6. Play hard7. Be nice

A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.

Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier & healthier life.

I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.

When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, putting faith into action, big things happen.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you’re ready or not, to put it into action.

Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil.

If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you’re wearing work shoes.

Great hopes make everything great possible.

Determine never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Don’t play for safety. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world.

As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.

Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.

Sometimes you just have to find something to keep your body grounded, your mind flexible, and your heart open.

Being able to inspire the body is an easy feat, but being able to inspire the soul as well is true talent.

In times of division and strife, build bridges to the hearts of those clouded by anger, hurt, hatred, and ignorance, so you can help open and understand their minds and hearts, and they can understand yours.

Be careful because brazen behavior and a powerful mind can hide a delicate heart.

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.

Nothing changes if nothing changes

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.

A good plan is like a road map: It shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

For every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.

Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push.

Each man is the architect of his own fortune.

Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change – from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.

When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream; dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts and friction from the world.

You promote yourself every time you take on a new responsibility.

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

Life without risk is not worth living.

If people doubt you, then you made progress from "who cares?

Living someone else's vision, is proclaiming death to your imparted destiny, and proclaiming life to the destiny of the visionaries pursuing their visions.

Embrace the perpetual joy of moving perpetually forward.

I help people achieve their dreams.

Use fear as a counselor not a captor.

Fear makes you worry and worry makes you weary.

There comes a time to speak your truth and the time is now

Sometimes it's about standing in your power.

The odds are, you highly underestimate how awesome you are. Stop doing that.

If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.

Manuscript rejections might tempt you to quit writing or querying. Don't.

Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach

Even if everybody says it’s impossible, with determination, there is always something you can do. The last thing is to give up without trying.

Success in life is not for those who run fast, but for those who keep running and always on the move.

Magic always happens when you direct your inner powers to the object you want to change.

Some people need a super hero to save them, but I am my own super hero. All I need is myself, my strengths and the fiery passions in my heart to overcome the obstacles in my life.

Beauty is not defined by your physical features. It is defined by the heart inside your chest and the love that flows through it.

Break your shackles and reach out to your freedom. Break to pieces whatever indoctrination and programming that holds you hostage. The world is yours. Get possession of it.

Capture my heart and my mind. Become my ultimate challenge, greatest vexation, strongest desire, and most precious blessing.

I always look towards the light of my desires, so I never forget where I'm going.

When we release all the negativity in our lives and notice the beauty all around us, we'll see what truly matters in life.

Even if I don't have wings to fly, I'll close my eyes and open my heart; then I'll make love my wings and hope the winds that give me flight.

When you look down on yourself, you set an example on how others should treat you.

An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on.

Primo, si deve ricordare che il vostro sogno può essere realizzato con o senza che qualcuno di aiuto.Secondo, il miglior aiuto proviene dal vostro cuore e dalla vostra mente.(First, you must remember that your dreams can be realized with or without others' help.Second, the best help comes from your heart and mind.)

Reason Develops Passion, Passion Creates Motivation, Motivation is the driving force behind all actions = GREAT RESULTS.

No matter what happens in your life, keep an open heart and mind with a gentle smile. It's the true beauty of the heart.

Mystery is what makes women, woman. A woman without mystery is no woman. She is a girl who has yet discovered the depths of her heart.

The heart is a rare, unique treasure because it is strong and vulnerable at the same time. It is strong in its persistence to sustain life, yet it is vulnerable to both emotional and physical wounds.

We shouldn't live in a world where we live in constant terror. We need less dying and more living. We need less destroying and more building. We need less hate and more love.

When people tell you that you aren't something or you can't accomplish your dreams, you can either cry about it or prove them wrong.

My strength is my pride. My pride is my heart. And my heart will always be mine and mine alone.

We always want to hold on tight to those we love; but if we intend to keep those we love, we must let go every once in awhile.

Leave mystery in your life. Give them a little and keep them wondering. If you reveal everything about yourself, people will lose interest. For as humans, we are curious creatures. We are more interested in the things lurking in the shadows than the things that are brought into the light.

To know the truth of one's heart, trusting their words is not always the wisest thing because words can be used to deceive you. To truly know the truth which lies deep in one's heart, you only have to look into their eyes. For even though the mouth may speak lies to hide the truth, the eyes will always reveal what the mouth tries to hide.

What you do is your choice. You can make good or bad choices, but there will never be any right or wrong to who you are.

Sometimes we need to just brush away our pride, break down the walls around our hearts, and open up to those we truly care for.

Sometimes you just have to find the majesty in yourself and other things to truly appreciate life.

We need to find the light within ourselves, so we can see our true worth.

Brilliance some are born with it, but others create it over time. It lightens the foulest of hearts and pierces the darkest of nights to lead us on the right path of our future destinies.

True beauty happens when two worlds collide and become one.

Reflect onto the world what you want them to see. Let your heart help them figure out the rest of who you truly are.

I would rather try and fail at something than not try at all. Because if I don't try to do something, I will be filled with wonder on whether or not I could've succeeded, and not soon after that wonder will turn to regret. I refuse to live my life wondering and regretting what could've been. I want to live my life with the satisfaction of knowing I tried no matter if I succeed or fail.

Dare to be more than ordinary... Dare to be extraordinary.

Secrets are a part of life. Their mysteries make our world beautiful. Their depths inspire our hearts, intrigue our minds, and embrace our very souls.

Moving on is not about forgetting. It's about moving forward and never looking back.

Moving is not about forgetting. It's about moving forward and never looking back.

I love being high. High on Life, High on Love, High on Hope, and High on Faith.

When we can see the star of desire in our sky, we can use our wings of hope and our air of love to reach it.

There are so many things that we learn in our lives most of which we can't learn without seeing the hearts of others.

Don't try to reach perfection. Just try to reach an inner and outer realization of self.

To dream is to desire, to desire is to long for, to long for is to want, and to want you must work to attain all you dream of, desire, long for and want.

Motivating others leads to success whereas inspiring others leads to greatness.

You really don't have to subscribe to the life that had been written for you.

My heart is on the brink of a world so foreign that it feels like a fantasy. Blessed do I feel when I think of your heart which is so warm that it melts the frozen world we live in. Blessed I am with all of you that I hold near and dear to my heart.

No matter where we come from, there is one language we can all speak and understand from birth, the language of the heart, love.

Death, like so much in life, is a lesson, which must be understood and cherished, not feared; it is a rite of passage we all must encounter at one time or another; it helps build our character and makes us stronger if we can endure its painful aftermath.

Dreams are like puzzles. When all the pieces are missing, it is up to us to find them and decide where and how they fit in.

To overcome the sadness of our hearts, we must remember the joys of our lives.

Grab every chance given and do not throw it away; always cherish what you already have, for you never know when you will receive something of its likeness again; and if you lose what was most precious to you, never stop fighting for it until you have it once again in your possession.

Our past is what molds us into the person we are today. It does not define us.

Let your innocence show as brilliant as your dreams because only then can you discover the true beauty of love.

It has been passed down in many texts of old and by the word of mouth; that no matter the strength of the weapons of man, there is only one thing powerful enough to defeat them all... The power of love.

There is no failure, unless we fail to begin or we fail to continue.

Love, it is timeless. It can transcend the very limits of time and space, as long as it stays forever true in our hearts.

Beauty is great... But love is greater. With it, you can overcome anything fate throws at you.

Hope may seem frail. But in the face of adversity, hope can be our strongest ally.

Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.