“You know the wolf in sheep’s clothing? He is the enticing offer to sell out. But selling out is not success; it is defeat in disguise. Do not be fooled by that hungry wolf.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Making a wish is fun to do.
Dreaming it out is much fun too.
Work, and your wish just might come true.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“A pumpkin lives but once a year
when someone sets its soul afire
and on that night it stirs up fear
until its flame is snuffed.
But e'en one night of eerie light is fright enough.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“On Hallows Eve, we witches meet
to broil and bubble tasty treats
like goblin thumbs with venom dip,
crisp bat wings, and fried fingertips.
We bake the loudest cackle crunch,
and brew the thickest quagmire punch.
Delicious are the rotting flies
when sprinkled over spider pies.
And, my oh my, the ogre brains
all scrambled up with wolf remains!
But what I love the most, it’s true,
are festered boils mixed in a stew.
They cook up oh so tenderly.
It goes quite well with mugwort tea.
So don’t be shy; the cauldron’s hot.
Jump in! We witches eat a lot!”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“The whispers you hear in your ear that you fear
in the air everywhere,
they are ghosts.
The moans and the groans in the lowest of tones
no one owns or condones,
they are ghosts.
You might deem them gremlins or water or wind,
while others say shadows or rodents or sin.
But oh! I say no!
‘Tis not so, child, for lo!
The chills that you feel in a thrill that proves goose
bumps are frightfully real,
they are ghosts!”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“If you own the story, you can write every chapter in the book.
Own your life; write the story the way you want it to read.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“When you make good choices, you create a beautiful life.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Your problem is in thinking the sky's the limit. Why set limits?”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“The steps to success may be different than what you anticipate. Truth told, most attempts in life do not deliver the expected results. So alter your perception, your vision, your outlook, but do not abandon the end goal.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“I have lost my spark, I'm told, and should seek to rekindle it. Respecting the messenger, I wonder if this is true. I feel as if my spark endures, but having opened up to the world so bright, perhaps it no longer shines by comparison. So, without a word, I slip back into seclusion to nurture my beautiful inner glow.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Even snails make progress. Just be sure your progress is in the direction you want to go.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Teddy bears, not grizzly bears, get invited in for honey.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“If one is content to freely speak trash about another, it is probably more correct to judge them as the one of ill repute and refuse the load of garbage they offer you.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I have heard people say
that when all else fails, pray.
But to you, I implore,
pray at first then pray more.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“It may take a lifetime to understand what it means to love unreservedly. It may take a lifetime to learn the basic truths God wants us to know. Don’t fret it. That is the purpose of life.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“That’s when Eena cut in. Both Ravelly and Unan looked to her as she announced, “My favorite part of the book is at the very end.”
“Where Imorih battles the three-headed dragon,” Unan presumed.
Eena shook her head. “Nope.”
“Afterwards, where Imorih befriends the beast and earns his trust,” Ravelly guessed.
Eena shook her head again. “No, sir. I mean the very end.”
Unan’s brow crinkled as he tried to recall what came next in the story. “Where she finds her prince who was held captive by none other than the same three-headed dragon?”
The young Sha shook her head a third time.
“I know! When the dragon flies them on his back to the edge of their homeland! That would be quite the experience, wouldn’t it?” Ravelly seemed certain he had guessed the finishing act of the story.
“That’s not the very, very end,” Eena grinned.
“But that’s the last page,” Unan contended, his finger pointing at the final leaf in the book.
Wahlister was the one who finally guessed the correct answer. “They kiss on the dragon’s back at the very end. That’s where they promise to never allow anything, even death, to separate them again.”
“Yes!” Eena chirped. “That’s the best scene of all.”
“I don’t recall that promise,” Ravelly admitted.
Unan assured the old Grott, “It’s right here.” He read the line that told of a promise made sure by a kiss. “Their lips sealed the whispered vow, ‘We shall never part again, even if our fate is to haunt one another in death.’” After reading it, he groaned aloud.
“Only a woman would remember that line.”
Source: Eena, The Tempter's Snare
“Rare and precious gifts,
gold and myrrh and frankincense,
to offer a king.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“When you understand that faith is God’s muscle at your disposal, moving mountains doesn’t seem so extraordinary.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Bat, fly high.
Pumpkin, sit.
Black cat, cry.
Spider, knit.
Wicken, chant.
Phantom, moan.
Mummy, rant.
Zombie, groan.
Werewolf, howl.
Owl, hoot.
Goblin, growl.
Pirate, loot.
Skeleton,
Frankenstein,
Curse the sun.
Poem, rhyme.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Be patient with God. Have faith in his timing. Listen to the gentle promptings that come to your heart and mind. In time, you will see His hand at work in your life.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Don't ever give up.
Don't ever give in.
Don't ever stop trying.
Don't ever sell out.
And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment,
pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off.
But never, ever, ever give up.”
Source: Eena, The Tempter's Snare
“When there is not enough time to do your best, do the best you can with the time you have.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Many times what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift. And eventually we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“If you look back over your life with an honest evaluation and say you would change nothing, then I say you have learned nothing in all that time.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“What baffles me—what will always baffle me—is how easy, how simple, how effortless it was to slip by such lukewarm degrees into the disgraceful state in which I now find myself.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“We try new things with open minds.
Mistakes, they come and go.
Attempting what we cannot do
Is how we learn and grow.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“If only I could take it all back. If only I could change a few early choices, those seemingly unimportant, insignificant choices. How vital they appear to me now. How different my life would be if I had not allowed even the least degree of sin to enter in. But time can be turned backwards for no one.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“To pause and think about one’s actions, to consider the reasons and causes, to carefully weigh the consequences—this seems an unusual practice for humans. I cannot help but weep over the mountain of grief that might have been avoided if only individuals had paused to think.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it’s a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“They urge us to study our history that we might learn from past tragedies and errors. But sometimes I think it's actually a good thing that humanity so easily forgets. The haze that eventually claims old suffering often enables us to move on.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Never give up.
It's like breathing—once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“The fact is, life rains on you. How sad you haven’t learned to dance in the downpour.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Life is music to which you choreograph your own dance.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Dress the part! Invent and pretend to your heart’s content! Act, sing, and dance while everyone’s watching! The world’s a stage, remember?”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“While silently brooding, I am drawn to the start of a sweet melody that travels to my ear from afar. I smile, reminded that my heart can dance when my feet can't.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Last night I danced.
My body rose from its slump for the first time since the beginning of sorrows—my fingers beckoning to the stars at arm's length, back arching as tingles bubbled up my spine, hips caught in a silent tempo while on tiptoe I twirled in endless euphoric circles. It didn't matter that you loved me or that you didn't. For I was wanted by the gods last night, their seraphs and muses descending on moonbeams into my midst, caressing my face and gliding their spirited arms about my waist, lifting my toes from the soil that I might feel what it is to fly without heaviness of heart. I danced with them under the glow of a loyal moon. For one brief, visceral dance I joyed as Heaven joys—in endless bliss.
And the universe cherished me.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in my undeserving arms.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzing emotion you might feel. Courage is taking action....no matter what. So you're afraid? Be afraid. Be scared silly to the point you're trembling and nauseous, but do it anyway!”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Heaven's currency is friendship.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Many people believe they have found the key to Heaven's gate, not realizing that there is no key hole. It is a barrier upon which you must knock. And I believe that it is by our small and simple acts of kindness that we find the gate left ajar.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Christmas, when observed with the right spirit, still has the power to call miracles from Heaven to Earth.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“A lot more hurt eats at your heart when it’s personal.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Pain defines moments in the lives of all human beings. The trial is not the endurance of pain but the choices we make regarding how to endure.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Acknowledge that some moments are just plain awful―desperate and gloomy and painful and miserable and nothing at all but anguish. No truthful, cheerful thought in the world will fix it. So let me cry awhile. Don't try to find a sunbeam where a shroud of darkness encloses me. Let me mourn. Then, after the storm, when the tears have run dry and my eyes choose to open, I will look for your rainbow of hope.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“The louder you bellyache, the longer your stomach will hurt.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Have you ever felt as if your dreams were more memorable, more alive, than what you knew to be reality? Have your dreams ever seemed so tangible as to make you question upon waking if you’d truly only dreamt them? Have they at times been addictive enough to consume your waking hours; blurring actuality and pretend together until your wishes and passions stare back at you with open eyes?
If only dreams could be reality, that beautiful garden of sweet-smelling roses we all long for. But reality for me is no such bed of roses. It is nothing but a field of unwanted dandelions."
- From the thoughts of Annabelle Fancher”
Source: Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher