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Motivational and inspirational with a dash of humor. Please enjoy.

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The opposite of love is the need for it.

I hate it when I'm trying to eat a salad and it accidentally falls in the trash
and I have to eat pizza instead.

If speaking kindly to plants help them grow, imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do.

Courage is knowing it might hurt and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same.
And that's why life is hard.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

The opposite of love . . . is the need for it.

When I ask for directions please don't use words like "East".

A party without cake is just a meeting.

Believe there is good in the world. Be the good.

First I drink coffee, then I do things.

If you have to choose between being kind or being right, choose being kind and you will always be right.

Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution. -Albert Einstein

Just because some people are fueled by drama,
doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.

I put myself in timeout until I could play nicely with others. This may take a while.

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how AMAZING you can be.

I had my patience tested. It was negative.

Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining. - Teddy Roosevelt

Do not allow negative people to turn you into one of them.

I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.

Work. Travel. Save. Repeat.

The life you have led doesn't need to be the only life you have. - Anna Quindlen

If I'd known I'd live to be a 100 I'd have taken much better care of myself. - Eubie Blake

Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet. - L.M. Montgomery

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -Mark Twain

Don't let your ice cream melt while you're counting someone else's sprinkles. - Akilah Hughes

There are seven days in the week. Someday isn't one of them.

Start everyday off with a smile and get it over with. -W.C. Fields

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Think outside (no box required).

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work. - Kevin Durant

Dinner Choices: 1. Take it, 2. Leave it.

She believed she could, so she did. - C.S. Lewis

The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right. - Henry Ford

I don't have any bad habits. They might be bad habits for other people,
but they're all right for me. - Eubie Blake

Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it. - Irving Berlin.

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. -Franklin P. Jones

If things go wrong, don’t go with them. – Roger Babson

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.

If you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Go the extra mile. It's never crowded.

Blowing out someone else's candle won't make yours shine brighter.

You don't have to be perfect to be amazing.

The rooster may crow, but the hen delivers the goods.

Doing nothing is hard. You never know when you're done.

I'm always disappointed when a liar's pants don't actually catch on fire.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Let your smile change the world. But don't let the world change your smile.

I wonder what my dog named me.

If Cinderella's shoe fit perfectly, why did it fall off?

Kindness is free. Sprinkle that stuff everywhere!

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

The elevator to success is out-of-order. You'll have to take the stairs.

You decide.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
If you can fake that, you've got it made.

It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts. (Street scene in Paris, France.)

The only people you can trust in this world are people that like big butts.
They cannot lie.

Never stand between a dog and a hydrant.

Instead of worrying about what you cannot control,
shift your energy to what you can create.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

If you wish your life was different . . . do your life differently.

It's called karma. It's pronounced ha ha ha ha ha.

Hugs and kisses.

Make today a great day.

It's not hoarding if your stuff is cool.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.
Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.

I'm just saying you've never seen me crying
and eating beignets at the same time.

Don't ruin a good today by thinking about a bad yesterday.

Turn that frown upside down!

Be the reason someone smiles.

In a world where you can be anything, be a pirate.

Don't forget to swing hard in case you hit the ball.

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open.

The first five days after the weekend are the hardest. Hang in there.

I hate it when people accuse me of lollygagging when I am clearly dilly-dallying.

Kind words will unlock an iron door.

Don't dwell on your past mistakes. It was just a lesson. Not a life sentence.

Wrinkles are just antique smiles.

I ordered a chicken and an egg on Amazon. I'll let you know which one gets here first.

If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving probably isn't for you.

Don't give up if Plan A doesn't work. The alphabet has 25 more letters.

You don't have to be great at something to start,
but you have to START to be great at something.

I NEED A HUGe amount of money.

One day or day one. You decide.