“What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make a difference that you lived at all — using the talents that God has given you for the betterment of others.”
~Leo Rosten
“Whatever she was going through it was beyond anything in my experience and beyond my ability to fix. I had no right to judge her, if I chose to stay with her – knowing the risks – all I could do was give her love and respect, and see how the story would end.”
~ Charlie Bellow, “My Sassy Girl”
“It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.”
~ Sir Edmond Hillary
“It’s not the power of the curse, it’s the power you give the curse.”
~ Child #4, “Penelope”
“Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
“I like myself the way I am!”
~Penelope, “Penelope”
“Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the moments that take your breath away.”
~ Alex “Hitch” Hitchens, “Hitch”
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
“Destiny is the bridge you build to the one you love.”
~ Old Man, “My Sassy Girl”
“Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress, Working together is Success.”
~ Henry Ford
“Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks. That’s what I know now. It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. It’s real, though – the fury, even when it isn’t. It can change you… turn you… mold you and shape you into something you’re not. The only upside to anger, then… is the person you become. Hopefully someone that wakes up one day and realizes they’re not afraid to take the journey, someone that knows that the truth is, at best, a partially told story. That anger, like growth, comes in spurts and fits, and in its wake, leaves a new chance at acceptance, and the promise of calm. Then again, what do I know? I’m only a child.”
~ Lavender “Popeye” Wolfmeyer, “Upside of Anger”
“Here’s to the incredible voyage ahead…and the fulfillment of a lifelong quest.”
~ Anonymous
“You know, an art teacher of mine once said, ‘Never buy a piece of art that you don’t have to have.’ You know, don’t worry about who the artist is or how much it’s worth. I mean, you have to live with it everyday. You have to walk by it everyday. You have to really love it; you have to really appreciate it. It’s kind of like picking a mate.”
~ Brooke, “The Break-Up”
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”
~ Bob Hope
“In my 3 years at Harvard, I have come to find that passion is a key ingredient to the study and practice of law… and of life. It is with passion, courage of conviction and strong sense of self that we take our next steps into the world. Remembering that first impressions are not always correct, you must always have faith in people and most importantly… you must always have faith in yourself.”
~Elle Woods, “Legally Blonde”
