Verses

-:- a collection of my favorite quotes and verses -:-

"Let the beauty that you love, be what you do." - Rumi

"There is a light that sines beyond all things on earth, beyond us all, beyond the heavens, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the light that shines in our heart." - Chandogya Upanishad 

"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and it not intent on arriving." - Lao Tzu 

"Make me a channel of peace: That where there is hatred I may bring love, that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness, that where there is discord, I may bring harmony, that where there is error I may bring truth, that where there is doubt I may bring faith, that where there is despair I may bring hope, that where there are shadows I may bring light, that where there is sadness I may bring joy. Grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood, to love than to be loved. For it is by forgetting self that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven..." Prayer for Peace

"When you seek beauty in all people and all things you will not only find it you will become it." - Unknown

"Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb you peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistake of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!" - Christian D. Larson

“You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” – C.S. Lewis

“When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” – William Shakespeare

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell

“I didn’t want to kiss you goodbye – that was the trouble – I wanted to kiss you goodnight.” – Ernest Hemingway

“If you’re 22, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better: I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people leave, and eat, and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” – Anthony Bourdain

“And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears. And love with not break your heart, but dismiss you fears.” – Mumford and Sons

“What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines what we become.” -Uchtdorf

“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” Psalms 55:22

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." - Guatama Buddha

“The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears or the sea.” – Isak Dinesen

“One day, someone will walk into your life and make you see why it never worked out with anyone else.” - Anonymous

“You know the way to the place where I am going.” John 14:4

“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity and her flaming self-respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I love her and that is the beginning of everything.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald.

“You’ll never leave where you are until you decide where you’d rather be.” – Anonymous

“There are far, far better things ahead that any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis

"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harum Yahya

“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13

“We ate well and simply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other.” – Ernest Hemingway

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.” Galatians 5:22

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.” – Irish Proverb

“Be brave. Take Risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” – Paulo Coelho

“Seduce my mind and you can have my body. Find my soul and I’m yours forever.” – Anonymous

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tine matters, compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” – Proverbs 31:25

“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” – Maya Angelou

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” – Unknown

“Always keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes the special occasion is that you’ve got a bottle of champagne in the fridge.” – Hester Browne

“Never let a man help you off your throne.” – unknown

“Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what needed to be. Don’t think that you’ve lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.” – Asha Tyson

May every sunrise hold more promise, and every sunset hold more peace.” – Blessing

“Never love anybody who treats you like you’re ordinary.” – Oscar Wilde

“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.” – Anonymous

“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” – Proverb

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” Psalms 136:1

“Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.” – C.S. Lewis

“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” – The Beatles

“He and I, when words run dry, he does not try, nor do I. We are on par. He just is, I just am and we just are.” – Lang Leav

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

“There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

“All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – Deepak Chopra

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” – William Shakespeare

“You’re a good girl, pretty girl, and smart girl.” – Mom

“Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.” – Carrie from Sex & the City

"Stand tall, smile bright, and make them wonder what secret's making you laugh." - Dan Brown