Starting Fresh

Some days, it's a real struggle to stay motivated, and failures can be so discouraging. Here I am - Starting again. I've got new ideas, renewed enthusiasm, and a nagging pessimism. I hope that a good way to keep myself positive and inspired is to start with words of inspiration and wisdom that I can always fall back to. At the same time, the sources I look to for these words will offer an important insight for those curious about who I am and what has gone into making me the person I am today. 



26 Quotes to Celebrate 26 Years of Being Me

Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
- Gary Gygax

Sucking at something is the first step to becoming sorta good at something. 
- Jake the Dog, Adventure Time

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. 
- J. R. R. Tolkien

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
- Frank Herbert

I'd rather be hated for who I am that loved for who I am not.
- Kurt Cobain

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.
- Bill Nye

If we can't laugh at ourselves, and at one another, in good spirit and without malice, then what fun can be left? If we must withhold all ribbing in the name of protecting everyone's feelings, then we truly are a toothless society. We will reach what I call the lowest common denominator of butthurt. 
- George Takei

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
- Dalai Lama

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. 
- Pablo Picasso

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it's the farthest from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. 
- Stephen Colbert

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. 
- Albert Einstein

The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. 
- Geoffrey Chaucer

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. 
- Dr. Suess

Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!  
- Ms. Frizzle, The Magic School Bus

I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant; it's what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.
-  Mewtwo, Pokemon

I've never thought sitting around and worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life. 
- Robert Bateman

It's not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. 
- Marcus Aurelius

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort. 
- Fred Rogers

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.
-Tyler Durden, Fight Club

Ernest Hemmingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for," I agree with the second part.
-Morgan Freeman

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
- Carl Sagan

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
- Robert Service

Every mystery ever solved has turned out to be not magic.
-Tim Minchin

Love the life you live, live the life you love.
- Bob Marley

I don't care that they stole my idea... I care that they don't have any of their own.
- Nikola Tesla