Words worth keeping

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Happiness [is] only real when shared

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

The past has no power over the present moment.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

You're off to Great Places!Today is your day!Your mountain is waiting,So... get on your way!

Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.

Well, nowIf little by little you stop loving meI shall stop loving youLittle by littleIf suddenly you forget meDo not look for meFor I shall already have forgotten youIf you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my lifeAnd you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have rootsRememberThat on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my armsAnd my roots will set off to seek another land

We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that time we waste and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It's time to put an end to this. It's time for us to let ourselves be loved.