It wasn’t a kiss that changed the frog, but the fact that a young girl looked beneath warts and slime and believed she saw a prince. So he became one.
Missing someone is the reverberating echo of everything beautiful about her – her laugh, her song, her touch, her smell, the power of her words, and the constant shadow that lingers on as her perfect image in your memory.
I’m not asking you to walk in my shoes; I’d never wish my afflictions on anyone. But could you walk beside me on secure ground and reach to hold my hand?
When it comes to fighting for your dreams, be a dragon. Breathe fire.
I’ve had the kind of bad day no quote can fix.
The key to a better life isn’t always a change of scenery. Sometimes it simply requires opening your eyes.
If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.
It’s a difficult thing having a heart made of glass; people don’t seem to realize how easily it shatters. How often I’ve swept up the pieces and carefully glued them back together.
Birthdays were made for going wild over the people we think are amazing.
I can overlook the lie; what’s harder to ignore is the grotesque way it has marred your character.
You cannot fully understand a person’s need until you have endured the same need. As hard as you may try to predict and comprehend their situation and suffering, I guarantee you’ll fall short until you’ve been there.
In someone’s darkest hour your simple act of kindness may imitate the sunrise, and to sad eyes you become their only source of light.
If you often feel alone, ignored, or forgotten, think about this: closing the door and locking yourself in won’t change anything – literally and figuratively.
You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate.
Be loved for who you are, for everything that constitutes you. Be loved for your core beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, your admirable traits and troublesome baggage. Be loved for you, because anything less is not love at all.
I will admit you are the finest if not the loveliest rose in the garden. But you see, my dear, I was looking for a sunflower.
The earth provides us a brand new beginning every twenty-four hours. It is a repeated invitation to breathe in the cool morning air and start afresh; to mimic the sunrise and brighten up while reaching once more for the sky; to carry a glad song in our heart like the early birds; and, as faithfully as the morning dew, to wash off the dust from yesterday.
Even among familiar faces, people often feel invisible and desolate, like an island in cold waters or a shadow apart from the crowd. Be the reason another never feels alone.
The sun, rising and setting in splendid colors, never grows tired of its admirers – much like a lady, aglow with grace, never grows tired of chivalrous acts or pretty flowers.
There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.