Quotable Quotes

New post, reporting from college! So I was in this store the other day and to keep a long story short, they had a bunch of awesome cards with really neat inspirational quotes in cool graphic designs. I went to the website (quotablecards.com) and copied a bunch of my favorites. After the top ten, there are a few honorable mentions. You do not have to read them all, but take the time to read at least one and let the corners of your mouth curl or the swelling in your heart to grow. It's good for the soul. : )

10. everything will be okay in the end. if it's not okay, it's not the end. 
-unknown

9. Wherever you are, it is your friends who make your world...
- james 

8. Risk more than others think is safe. care more than others think is wise. dream more than others think is practical. expect more than others think is possible. 
-cadet maxim 

7. Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. those who don’t believe in the magic will never find it!

- roald dahl

6. To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. this is to have succeeded! 
- ralph waldo emerson 

5. There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. that will be the beginning.
- louis l'amour

4. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. for a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. but there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. at last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. this perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. happiness is the way. so treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one. 
-souza 

3. I beg you...to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. do not search fo rthe answers, which could not be given you now, because you would not be able to live them. and the point is, to live everything. live the questions now. perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.
-rilke 

2. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. they must be felt with the heart. 

- hellen keller

1. Do not go where the path may lead. go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. 
- ralph waldo emerson 

Many people will walk into your life, but only true friends will leave footprints on your heart. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it's his fault; if he betrays you twice, it's your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more; he who loses faith, loses all. Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,  but beautiful old people are works of art. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all on yourself... There is no beginning or end. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, that's why they call it the present.  - unknown

peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. 
-unknown 

leap and the net will appear. 
-zen saying 

never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

-h. jackson brown, jr. 

too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. 

-leo buscaglia

be gentle with yourself. you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
- max ehrmann

what lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. 
- ralph waldo emerson 

if you're going to be passionate about something, be passionate about learning. if you're going to fight something, fight for those in need. if you're going to question something, question authority. if you're going to lose something, lose your inhibitions. if you're going to gain something, gain respect and confidence. and if you're going to hate something, hate the false idea that you are not capable of your dreams.
- daniel golston

go with a spirit that fears nothing!
- homer

you are the light of the world.

-matthew

live with intention. walk to the edge. listen hard. practice wellness. play with abandon. laugh. choose with no regret. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. do what you love. live as if this is all there is. 

-mary anne radmacher