Quotes I live by

A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury. 
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring. 
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.
They can conquer who believe they can.
Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music
I can resist anything but temptation.
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. 
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become brave by performing brave
I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable.

Is this the end or just the start of Something really, really beautiful Wrapped up and disguised as something really, really ugly?

Say it's forever & say your mine

And

MAKE me YOURs forever!

Love me & Don't let me forget.

And

Take my hand to never let go.

MAKE & TAKE

And

I'll never leave.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm. 
“It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.”