i don't want to get to the end of my life  and find that i have just lived the length of it.
i want to have lived the width of it as well.

keep the sun on your face
keep the salt in your hair
keep the sand in your pocket

Mistakes are painful but they are the only way to find out who you are.'

courage does not always roar, sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying, '' i will try again tomorrow''

the naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie

One day you realize that the fairy tale is slightly different than your dream. The castle, well it may not be a castle. And it's not so important that it's happily ever after – just that it's happy right now. See, once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you. And once in a while, people may even take your breath away

because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.

Ask most people what they want out of life and the answer is simple - to be happy.

Maybe it's this expectation though of wanting to be happy that just keeps us from ever getting there.
Maybe the more we try to will ourselves to states of bliss, the more confused we get - to the point where we don't recognize ourselves. Instead we just keep smiling, trying to be the happy people we wish we were. Until it eventually hits us, it's been there all along. This hapiness, it's not in our dreams or our hopes but in the known, the comfortable, the familiar

People spend a lot of time focused on the future, planning it, working toward it. But at some point you start to realize your life is happening now. not after, but right now; this is it, it's here. blink and you'll miss it.

They take pictures of mountain climbers at the top of a mountain. they're smiling, ecstatic, triumphant. they don't take pictures along the way cause, who wants to remember the rest of it? we push ourselves because we have to, not because we like it. the climb, the pain and anguish of taking it to the next level, nobody takes pictures of that. nobody wants to remember.we just wanna remember the view from the top, the breathtaking moment at the edge of the world; that's what keeps us climbing. and it's worth the pain, that's the crazy part, it's worth anything

 

Even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake
beats the hell out of never trying.

if this is what we've got, then what we've got is gold.
- J.B

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to

if i'm free it's because i'm always running.

nothing matters except life and the love you make

If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. - George Harrison

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections

change; we don't like it, we fear it, but we can't stop it from coming.

we either adapt to change, or we get left behind. and it hurts to grow,

 anybody who tells you it doesn't is lying, but here's the truth:

 the more things change, the more they stay the same.

and sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good.

 sometimes change, is, everything

if you never try you never know,
just what you're worth

be the change that you wish to see in the world

" love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
-William Shakespeare

you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough

the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all

 is the one you have with yourself and if you can find someone to love

 the you you love, well, that's just fabulous.

" i make mistakes, that's what i do. 

 i speak without thinking, i act without knowing.

i drink so much that i can barely walk.

 i'm a fantastic lover though,

and an amazing friend.

god knows i mean well."

 

love is like the sea; leaves you on your knees, then it pulls you in
then it takes you, takes you over and over

some people want diamond rings, some just want everything
but everything means nothing, if i ain't got you

sometimes people come into your life like they're meant to be,
and suddenly you've found someone who sees the world just like you

a true friend doesn't care when you're broke, being a bitch,

what you weigh, if your house is a mess, what you drive,

about your past, or if your family is filled with crazy people 

your conversations pick up where they left off,

even if they have been months apart,

 they love you for who you are.

memory is a way of holding on to the things you love,
the things you are, the things you never want to lose

 

life is not measured
by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that
take our breath away

some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.
from what i've tasted of desire, i hold with those who favor fire.
but if it had to perish twice i think i know enough of hate
to say that for destruction, ice is also great
- Robert Frost

i believe that everything happens for a reason,
 people change so that you can learn to let go,
 things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
 you believe lies so you eventually learn totrust no one but yourself.

give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

«this life is what you make it. not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. but the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. but just remember, some come, some go. the ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. don't let go of them. as for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. i hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up. just because you fail once in life, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will ? so keep your head high, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.»

i got chills, they're multiplying, and i'm losing control
cause the power you're supplying, it's electrifying