Words for My Soul

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
-Epicurus (341BC-270BC); ancient Greek philosopher

“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
-Barbara Kingsolver (b. 1955); author, writer

“You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”
-Bill Cosby (b. 1937); actor, comedian, television producer

“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”
-G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936); writer, critic

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”
-Dr. Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998); author, professor of special education

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”
-Pope John XXIII (1881-1963), 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church

“They say that a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” ~Tom Bodett

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” ~James M. Barrie

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.” – Neil Gaiman

“The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert
7/1/08