my wish

"i hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow..and each road leads you where you want to go..and if you're faced with a choice and you have to choose, i hope you choose the one that means the most to you..and if one door opens to another door closed, i hope you keep on walking till you find the window..if it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile..but more than anything - more than anything - my wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to." -rascal flatts

i'll be there for you

"if you're really fortunate, there are a handful of people in your life who mean it when they say 'i'll be there for you.'" -dave barry

to find balance

"to find the balance you want, this is what you must become - you must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have four legs, instead of two. that way, you can stay in the world. but you must stop looking at the world through your head. you must look through your heart, instead." -eat pray love

hard road

"i don't know where we're going..i don't know if i care..as long it's with you, i'd go anywhere." -steve azar

falling in love

"falling in love - you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. you’ll be a better person." -sandra bullock

destiny

"destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to achieve." -william jenning bryan

dunning-kruger effect

"one of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." -bertrand russell

love and affection

"you, yourself, (more than anything in the entire universe) deserve your love and affection." -buddha

what little girls are made of

"courage, determination, pride...that's what little girls are made of." -unknown

kinds of good weather

"sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." -john ruskin

intimate with few

"be courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." -george washington

under control

"if everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -mario andretti

something you've never had

"if you want something you've never had, you have to be willing to do something you've never done." -dr shaun marler

faith

"it doesn't matter what you have faith in, as long as you have faith." -dogma

understanding ourselves

"everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." -carl jung

from where you are

"so far away from where you are..i'm standing underneath the stars, and i wish you were here." -lifehouse

dwell on dreams

"it does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." -harry potter and the sorcerer's stone

sweet serendipity

"i don't ask for a lot, no..nothing more than i need..because i love what i got..don't need to play the lottery, i just want to be strong." -lee dewyze

firework

"you don't have to feel like a waste of space..you're original, cannot be replaced..if you only knew what the future holds..after a hurricane comes a rainbow. maybe your reason why all the doors are closed, so you could open one that leads you to the perfect road..like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow..and when it's time, you'll know." -katy perry

worst of times

"it's what we do in the worst of times that tells the world who we really are." -the deep end