“When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“A timid act may be more bold
than one would first assume,
for whispering truth is braver
than to silently resume.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Mad fearlessness is not courage. The only requirement for courage is a good heart.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Courage isn’t being a dragon. Neither is it behaving like a dragon. Nor is it taking up arms to fight and defeat dragons. Courage is being a lamb standing with poise among dragons.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Courage doesn’t defeat fear or erase fear or adjust to fear. Courage acts, plain and simple, in the midst of fear.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Have you noticed how children never bypass a puddle of water, but jump, splash, and slosh right through it? That's because they know an important truth: Life was meant to be lived; puddles were meant to be experienced.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Somehow, unexpectedly, that disparaging statement drove us into a fit of unwarranted laughter. I couldn’t help but guffaw at the truth; we were fools! Tears spilled down our cheeks as we envisioned our situation as pathetically hilarious. We were senseless jesters mocking fate. It was a bizarre feeling, making merry noises while standing on the brink of devastation, laughing with lighter spirits at the folly that had brought us to ruin.
It was insane!”
Source: The Tarishe Curse
“How sweetly delirious are the tinkling and trilling of mirth that draw to their sounds the friendliest hearts.”
Source: A Heart Made of Tissue Paper
“A holiday atmosphere
thrives in these ways:
Through laughter, attention,
goodwill, and true praise.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“My laughter tickles.
Trills bubble up my throat
and buzz out my nose.
A delightful itch
born of hilarity.
Joy that tingles.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“I want to hear her laugh.
To watch sunbeams awaken her visage and shine through her eyes. To see the gray clouds of regret that hang heavy over her head rain away to nothing.
I want to hear her sunny voice dance on the breeze, as light and free as glossy bubbles, floating up…up…up to pop like hiccups. I want to know the type and form of key I must cut to unshackle even a portion of her joy.
If I could pluck the winning feather; if my smile could convince; if I could stroke her vocal chords like harp strings and make each treble note ascend to euphoria. Oh, to hear the giggled melody she would release into a world craving the balm of mirth!
I ache to experience that. I am desperate for it.
I live for the day I hear her laugh.”
Source: A Heart Made of Tissue Paper
“Giddy is a grin and giggles and that glint of goofiness in your gaze.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Laughter and love are their own forms of exercise meant to keep a body healthy.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Let the giggles fill your mouth because nothing tastes as sweet as laughter.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“If you want to be happy tomorrow, pay close attention to your choices today. Your future happiness depends on the things you do now.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“If life is a stage and you are your own agent, then don’t hesitate to play the character you wish to play.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“My job is to love you, pray for you, support and encourage you. Your job is to solve your own problems and choose your own happiness.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“You never step backwards when you’re sure of where you’re going.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“I may deserve your disappointment as well as a lecture and strict discipline, but what I need is your understanding, your guidance, and your unconditional love.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“The Lord loves effort. What does that mean? It means we try. We do what we can. We do our best. We use our abilities and talents to the degree in which they have developed. God expects us to do what is within our power, and though our efforts may fall short, God loves that we try. Trust Him to make up the difference.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Life can surround you with music, with books, with talents, with teachers, with all types of materials for opportunity. Life will not, however, make you sing or read or work or learn. Though the books are provided, you still must read them. Though the music plays, you still must sing along. People come and go, but you must reach out and make them your friends. Education is available, but you must study and learn. Life will not force you to take advantage of the opportunities around you. Life will not make you work to learn, to develop, to progress as required until you succeed. In the simplest terms, life pours water into your glass but it will not drink for you. You, and you alone, must pick up the cup and take a sip.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Weakness drives us to set goals, to try harder, to put forth more effort, to dream and wish and hope, to reach out further and down deeper, to pray earnestly, to cry mightily, to understand and empathize with valid sincerity. In truth, weakness is a catalyst for greater strength.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“I am not what you see.
I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Like yeast, it’s impressive how considerably an ounce of determination can make one’s efforts grow and expand.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Understand that great accomplishments require great effort. If a goal is achieved without effort, it is no accomplishment but a mere happening.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“The least effort is the feat most likely to be accomplished.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Prayer, faith, and vision, plus real effort too.
Blend them together for one potent brew.
The magical spell to your dreams coming true.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“The only person to whom you owe an explanation is God. And believe me, honey, He already knows. He knows the whole truth about everything.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“If we were to behave half as well as we believe others ought to behave, we might prove ourselves as grand in character as excuses and justifications prevent us from being.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“To fail means to be daring enough to try, which means to act alive at every opportunity. So fail boldly, my darling. Dare to live.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Don’t you dare get discouraged. Don’t you dare believe that failure is permanent or insurmountable.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“You have failed,' they said.
'No, no, I am not yet finished.'
So they waited while I continued,
persistent, knowing life was ongoing.
Failure cannot roost in a soul that refuses to remain at rest.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Sometimes the difference between success and failure is simply the degree to which you crave one over the other.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“It is a greater triumph for the fearful soul who tries and fails than for the fearless who succeed.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Trying again is okay. Trying again and again and again is okay. It's sort of an infinite thing because the alternative is failure, and that's not okay.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Try new hobbies. Develop new interests. Pursue new experiences. When you expand your interests, you increase your opportunities for happiness.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Here is a tender mercy: When life turns upside down and nothing is certain, everything is suddenly conceivable.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Because," said a boy.
"Because why?" asked a young girl.
"Because I love you.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“When liberty exists, there is opportunity.
When liberty matures, there is productivity.
When liberty expands, there is responsibility.
When liberty succeeds, there is exceptionality.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“You can say what you think. You can write what you feel. You can express your beliefs, your doubts, your gripes, your likes, your opinions. You can gain an education in any area of your choosing. You can chase after dreams and change them on a whim. You can bear arms to defend yourself, family, and friends. You can pursue justice from a jury of peers. You can do these things and more because numerous men and women have fought and died to protect your right to exercise freedoms. You can do these things because numerous men and women continue to boldly stand up and protect your right to be free. Never forget this. Never forget the cost of freedom.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Freedom is the color of red. It is saturated with the blood of those who fought to attain it, and it will continue to be colored by the blood of those who fight to protect it.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“We honor those who fought to secure our rights and freedoms. We praise those who continue to protect these valuable rights. We thank those who exercise their freedoms with wisdom, reverence, and respect. And we forgive those who lack appreciation for and perhaps awareness of the high price it costs for the freedoms they profit from daily.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Life has moments that feel as if the sun has blackened to tar and the entire world turned to ice. It feels as if Hades and his vile demons have risen from the depths of Tartarus solely for the purpose of banding to personally torture you, and that their genuine intent of mental, emotional, and spiritual anguish is tearing you to shreds. Your heart weighs as heavily as leaden legs which you would drag yourself forward with if not for the quicksand that pulls you down inch by inch, paralyzing your will and threatening oblivion. And all the while fire and brimstone pour from the sky, pelting only you.
Truly, that is what it feels like. But that feeling is a trial that won't last forever. Never give up.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“It is a difficult thing―if not impossible―to forgive oneself for foolish errors, not for trampling a life or goring another with sharp horns, but for being the fool who opened the gate and let the bull out, blind to potential consequences.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Forgiving others seems an easy task when compared to the trial of forgiving oneself, especially when the fault cannot be undone, and the consequences continue to mar the lives of innocent others. Regret, tears, and apologies do nothing to ease the guilt. Even the deepest, sincerest remorse will not erase the damage. How can he think to forgive himself under such circumstances? How can he bear even a moment of peace and happiness when the innocent feel none? It is unfair. It is wrong. It is why he will forever see himself as unforgivable.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Don't give up.
I know you've made a thousand attempts to reach your goal, but look at it this way: after repeatedly banging your head against the wall, you ought to be numb enough break through this time.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Four-letter words have always offended me. I cringe at hearing them. Can't, don't, and won't are the worst.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Though it pained me, I gave in. Why was it that I repeatedly succumbed to the first whisper of a promised maybe? How did the enticer, hope, always find my heart unguarded? There was no such thing as hope. Not for me. Why was it so hard to accept that?”
Source: Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
“Only a writer would slap a bumper sticker on her car that read, 'Seriously, I'd rather be working'.”