just love

"love can't always be perfect..love..is just love." -the wedding planner

simple things in life

"it's funny how it's the simple things in life that mean the most..not where you live, what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes..there's no dollar sign on a peace of mind this i've come to know." -zac brown band

all of us

"in each of us, there is a little of all of us." -georg christoph lichtenberg

lesson about faith

"i think we all learned a valuable lesson about faith. you give it to the people you love. but the people who really deserve it, are the ones who come through even when you don't love them enough." -veronica mars

i choose you

"i get to make my own decisions, have my own life, do whatever the damn hell i choose. now here's the good part, so you listen close. what i choose...is you. you're who i want to wake up with and go to bed with and do everything in between with. i get a choice now. i get to choose. i choose you." -grey's anatomy

destiny

"i don't know if we each have a destiny or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze..but i think maybe it's both..maybe both is happening at the same time." -forrest gump

failure

"failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success." -denis waitley

let your guard down

"everybody thinks that you're their friend okay..but the fact of the matter is that there's not one person that i know that you trust enough that you let close enough that they could hurt you..and her big problem is you really liked her, i mean she was the one girl that you really liked..and no matter what she did or ...how hard she tried you were never gonna let your guard down..that poor girl never stood a chance." -the breakup

be yourself

"don't lose any sleep tonight, i'm sure everything will end up alright..you may win or lose but to be yourself is all that you can do." -audioslave

deserve what you want

"don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want." -10 things i hate about you

everybody is free

i couldn't decide on just one part of this song, it's too full of great advice..so here's the whole thing:

Everybody is Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrman 

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99,

Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term
benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more
reliable then my own meandering experience.  I will dispense this advice....now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, nevermind, you won't understand the power and
beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of
yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous
you really looked.

You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future, or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra
equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind: the kind that blindsides you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you. 

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts; don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy.  Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.  The race is
long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive; forget the insults. (if you succeed in doing this, tell me how).

Keep your old love letters; throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life.  The most interesting people
I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives; some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of Calcium.

Be kind to your knees -- you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.  Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.  Maybe you'll
divorce at 40; maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either.  Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body: use it every way you can.  Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it; it's the
greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance...even if you have no where to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions (even if you don't follow them).

Do not read beauty magazines; they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents; you never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings: they're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but what a precious few should hold on.  

Work hard to bridge the gaps and geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old; and when you
do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children
respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you.  Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse,
but you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you are 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.  Advice is a form of nostalgia;
dispensing it is a way of wishing the past from the disposal--wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts, and
recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me, on the sunscreen.

go for the great

"don't be afraid to give up the good, to go for the great." -kenny rogers

get a little messed up

"doesn't matter how tough we are, trauma always leaves a scar. it follows us home, it changes our lives..trauma messes everybody up. but maybe that's the point..all the pain and the fear and the crap...maybe going through all of that is what keeps us moving forward..it's what pushes us..maybe we have to get a little messed up, before we can step up." -grey's anatomy

sweat or struggle

"do not feel entitled to anything you do not sweat or struggle for." -marian wright edelman

what's in the middle

"beginnings are scary. endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. so, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. and it will." -hope floats

look at you

"because when i look at you, i can feel it..i look at you and i'm home..i don't want that to go away..i don't want to forget." -finding nemo

to be close to somebody

"when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody..so this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it's usually a load of bull. so we pick and choose who we want to remain close to..and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by no matter how much we hurt them..the people that are still with you at the end of the day, those are the ones worth keeping." -grey's anatomy

be better than yourself

"always dream and shoot higher than you know how to. don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. try to be better than yourself." -william faulkner

loves you just the same

"a friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same." -elbert hubbard

live for yourself

"always live for yourself, no matter how selfish it seems. you are the one staying up in the middle of the night thinking and reviewing all that you didn’t do, and knew you could have done." -unknown

no matter what

"well maybe sometimes it's easier to be mad at the people you trust." "why? why? why is that?" "because you know they'll always love you, no matter what." -the sisterhood of the traveling pants

the truth

"the truth may set you free but first it's gonna piss you off." -gloria steinem

you're right

"whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. -henry ford

self-discipline

"self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not." -elbert hubbard

in a great way

"if you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way." -napoleon hill

worst things in life

"some of the worst things in my life never happened.” -mark twain

pretty simple

"i want to wake up and feel good about who i am. i want to go to sleep knowing i made my family happy, i made myself happy, and i worked hard in all aspects of my life...it's really pretty simple." -katie holmes

be yourself

"be yourself..everyone else is already taken.” -oscar wilde

everything that's yours

"when you love someone, you've got to trust them..there's no other way. you've got to give them the key to everything that's yours..otherwise what's the point?" -casino

all things are possible

"love feels no burden, thinks nothing of its trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility..for it thinks all things are lawful for itself and all things are possible." -thomas kent