John Eldredge

The culture of women in the church today is crippled by some very pervasive lies. "To be spiritual is to be busy. To be spiritual is to be disciplined. To be spiritual is to be dutiful." No, to be spiritual is to be in Romance with God. The desire to be romanced lies deep in the heart of every women. It is for such that you were made. Are you ARE romanced, and ever will be.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by John Eldredge

L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams

I'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily. "I don't exactly want to make people KNOW more... though I know that IS the noblest ambition... but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me... to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams

Nicholas Sparks, Three Weeks With My Brother

When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Nicholas Sparks, Three Weeks With My Brother

Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

Jim Henson

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Jim Henson

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

But what was there to say?

Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief.

Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

Shel Silverstein

If you are a dreamer come in

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Shel Silverstein

Virginia Woolf

The beauty of the world...has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Virginia Woolf

Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

I am no king, and I am no lord,
And I am no soldier at-arms," said he.
"I'm none but a harper, and a very poor harper,
That am come hither to wed with ye."

"If you were a lord, you should be my lord,
And the same if you were a thief," said she.
"And if you are a harper, you shall be my harper,
For it makes no matter to me, to me,
For it makes no matter to me."

"But what if it prove that I am no harper?
That I lied for your love most monstrously?"

"Why, then I'll teach you to play and sing,
For I dearly love a good harp," said she.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

Gautama Buddha

In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Gautama Buddha

Frances E. Willard

The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Frances E. Willard

Dalai Lama XIV

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Dalai Lama XIV

Maya Angelou

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Maya Angelou

John Newton

I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by John Newton

RuPaul

If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by RuPaul

Paulo Coelho, Aleph

Travel is never a matter of money but of courage

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Paulo Coelho, Aleph

Brian Andreas

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

Inspirational Quotes And Sayings by Brian Andreas