Chrissy's Poetry & Quotes

Inspirational Quotes


"You can't put a Band-Aid on every boo-boo you've made; some just need time to heal..."
Christina Montano

"Only as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go,
Only as deep as I look can I see,
Only as much as I dream can I be."
Karen Ravn

"I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail."
Woodrow Wilson

"Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them."
Lady Bird Johnson

"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets in the future."
Graham Green

"Forget the past and live the present hour."
Sarah Knowles Bolton

"You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can decide how you're going to live now."
Joan Baez

"We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you."
Jeff Warner

"Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love."
Nelson Rockefeller

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
George Bernard Shaw

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Eleanor Roosevelt

"A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels sad when you're in pain. A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice--but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you."
Doris Wild Helmering

"Holding on to anger only gives you tense muscles."
Joan Lunden

"For sleep, riches, and health to be truly enjoyed, they must first be interrupted."
Jean Paul Richter

"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."
Helen Keller

"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby."
Ruth E. Renkel

"Paradise is open to all kinds of hearts."
Pierre Jean de Beranger

"A friend is someone who, upon seeing another friend in immense pain, would rather be the one experiencing the pain than to have to watch their friend suffer."
Amanda Gier

"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."
Angela Schwindt

"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for."
Maureen Dowd

"You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh."
Jay Leno

"Twilight has always seemed like God's indrawn breath, a pause in the progression of time."
Emilie Richards

"We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved."
Unknown

"We don't know who we are until we see what we can do."
Martha Grimes

"Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half sorrow."
Swedish Proverb

"Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong."
James Leo Herlihy

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."
Muhammad Ali

"The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary."
Ashleigh Brilliant

"A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes."
Doug Larson

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day."
Sally Koch

"There's the people you've known forever. Who like...know you...in this way. That other people can't. Because they've seen you change. They've let you change."
My So-Called Life

"Enjoy yourself. These are the good old days you're going to miss in the years ahead."
Unknown

"It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later."
Lucimar Santos de Lima

"Success is never final and failure is never total. It's courage that counts."
Success Unlimited

"Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow."
Alice Mackenzie Swaim

"To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven."
Karen Sunde

"What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?"
Robert H. Schuller

"If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times."
Saint Augustine

"To the world you may be just one person. To the person you may be the world."
Unknown
submitted by Ashley Moss

"He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good."
Yiddish Proverb

"Nothing lasts forever--not even your troubles."
Arnold H. Glasow

"The darkest hour has only 60 minutes."
Morris Mandel

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt

"My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me."
Jennifer Tyler

"Listen to your heart, because in the end, it is your heart that counts."
Jennifer Tyler

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