Quotes & Stories
Often times in life we just can't find the words to express a word, thought, or feeling. Sometimes a quote will really make sense, or mean something so deeply that we instantly connect with it. I have taken quotes from many different areas (literature, spoken word, music, etc.). Some of the quotes may come from a darker place, a place of pain and despair. I do not intend to offend anyone, my hope is that through these quotes someone may be able to find a connection to a part of thier life. If you or someone you know has a very strong reaction to a quote it may be beneficial to talk to someone about it. I hope to update this page regularly.
• "For though this universe I own, I possess not a thing. For I cannot know the unknown,
if to the known I cling."—Robert Fischer, The Knight in Rusty Armor
• "No one. No one could ever understand.My life's exhausted.No one.
No one could ever understand."--Mudvayne, IMN
• "Any idea or technique that allows someone to let go of misery
deserves my support." --Hugh Prather
• "What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind." --Buddha
• "I took a drive today .Time to emancipate.I guess it was the beatings made me wise
But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize. I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down
Hand on my face, pushed to the ground. Empty Gaze, united by fear
Forced to endure what I could not forgive..." --Pearl Jam, Rearview Mirror
• "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."--Henry David Thoreau
• "The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain." --Kahlil Gibran
• "Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake." --Winnie the Pooh
• "Building up inside of me. A place so dark, so cold, I had to set me free. Don't mourn for me,
You're not the one to place the blame. As bottles call my name I won't see you tonight
Sorrow sank deep inside my blood. All the ones around me. I cared for and most of all I loved
But I can't see myself that way. Please don't forget me or cry while I'm away."
--Avenged Sevenfold, I Won't See You Tonight
• "In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia."-- Author Unknown
• "When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves."
--Viktor E. Frankl
• "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities." --Dr. Seuss
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom." --Viktor E. Frankl
• "If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you." --Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh
• "Teacher said it's just a phase.When I grow up my children
Will probably do the same.Kids just love to tease
Who knew it'd put me under ground. At seventeen."--Billy Talent, Nothing to Lose
• "Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." --Dr. Seuss
Cheroke Legend of the Two Wolves
An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, "Let me tell you a story.
I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times." He continued, "It is as if there are two wolves inside me. One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way. But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger, for his anger will change nothing.Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit." The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which one wins, Grandfather?" The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, "The one I feed."
