"A small change is better than no change at all."
-- Jeanne Strobeck
"It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief."
-- Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination
"I believe there are gods. I just don't necessarily believe in them."
--Mark Anthony, Beyond the Pale
"The oppostite of love is not hate. It's fear."
-- Julie Davaz
"Honor the promises made to yourself."
-- Margaret Davaz
"How could space not be infinite? Is there a sign somewhere saying 'Space Ends Here--Mind the Gap'?"
-- Scientific American magazine
"Looking at a cat, like looking at clouds or stars or the ocean, makes it difficult to believe there is nothing miraculous in this world."
-- Leonard Michaels
"Never take anything personally... Whatever you think, whatever you feel... It is the way you see the world."
-- Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
"Why do you give them so much power?"
-- Cathi Marceau, in reference to my past boyfriends
"Stop. Breathe. Think."
-- Jeanne Davaz
"[Insecurity] is a habit, and any habit can be broken."
-- Joseph J. Lucian, Ph.D., Self-Coaching
"Get yourself out of situations that make you uncomfortable because they usually aren't worth the stress they induce."
-- Jodie Davaz
"Always question your beliefs; when you find the answer, it will make them stronger"
-- Jeanne Davaz
"It is as much a priveledge for them to have a relationship with you as you with them."
-- Cathi Marceau
"There are no impossibilities in dreams and love"
-- On my keyring
"Follow Your Heart And Procede With Confidence"
-- Quote from a game
"Love finds a way"
-- On a sign I once read
"Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. Safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless."
-- read in an e-mail
"There are no limits to what you can achieve except those which you set for yourself."
-- Jeanne Davaz
"The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core strength within you that survives all hurt."
-- Max Lerner
"People count by the minute and run by the second. Those who slow down are often penalized... Go figure."
-- Jeanne Davaz
"The dream that at first seems impossible is the only dream that survives"
-- Jeanne Davaz
"Nothing lasts forever; that which is to continue on for as long must be worked for with commitment, dedication, devotion, and dependability."
-- Jeanne Davaz
"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something thtat will outlast it."
-- William James
"Fiction and nonfiction are only different techniques of storytelling. For reasons that I don't fully understand, fiction dances out of me and nonfiction is wrenched out by the aching broken world I wake up to every morning."
-- Arundhati Roy
"I call this anchoring, establishing a simple, physical, factual connection with present reality. Try it for yourself, right now. Look around you. Listen. Touch your hair, the floor, this page. Whatever happened 10 years ago, whatever happened ten minutes ago, is not your present concern. Neither is what will happen in another ten years, another ten minutes. This moment is all you have to worry about."
-- Martha Beck, Yes, It Was Awful - Now Please Shut Up
"To love someone, you have desire the other person's higher good and help them to become the best they can be. You "do" for them - you make them dinner, you wash their dirty clothes, you kiss their sweet faces when they cry because they skinned their knees. Giving love and letting your loved one know you care, is constant."
"But the most important thing to understand about this most profound verb, love, is that it is something that cannot be given away until it is something that is possessed. You must first own love yourself and it needs to show before you can give it away to so many others. Real love necessitates an investment. It requires nurture, care and most importantly, TIME."
"And here's the kicker. You can't do one lick of loving for anyone else on a continual basis until you love yourself. You will burn out if you do not love yourself first."
-- FlyBaby