“finding comfort in a person, is healthy. being dependent on that person as your sole source of comfort? unhealthy.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“there is so much exponential power in loving yourself greatly, trusting your vision, and walking in faith when doing the work of living your purpose.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“i’ve said “no” to a lot of things, to make room for my spirit to say “yes” to the right things.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“no one owes you anything - not your momma, not your god, not your universe. earn yours. do the work.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“I am self-propelled; fueled from within. I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm not attached to them. I learned a long time ago that if I give them the power to feed me, I also give them the power to starve me.”— Steve Maraboli, twitter.com
“The more you love your decisions the less you need to convince other people to love them.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“I don't decide when the sun will shine but I know that it will never shine without me.”— Jim Carrey, twitter.com
“With regard to any such disquisition, review or introduction, trust yourself and your instincts; even if you go wrong in your judgement, the natural growth of your inner life will gradually, over time, lead you to other insights.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Being loved is not the same thing as loving. When you fall in love, it is discovering the ocean after years of puddle jumping. It is realizing you have hands. It is reaching for the tightrope when the crowds have all gone home. Do not spend time wondering if you are the type of woman men will hurt.…”— Sarah Kay, huffingtonpost.com
“I didn’t need you to fix me. I needed you to love me while I fix myself.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com
“Attempt to raise the sunken sensations of this distant past; your self will become the stronger for it, your loneliness will open up and become a twilit dwelling in which the noise other people make is only heard far off. And if from this turn inwards, from this submersion in your own world, there c…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“I want to thank you for never being there Your absence has forced me to find my own way”— Counterparts, open.spotify.com
“Nobody can help you. That’s what love’s all about… You’re the one having these wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you wander through the dark. Your mind and body have to bear it all. All by yourself.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent…You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.”— Adeline Yen Mah, amazon.com