Thoughts & Quotes

I have a right to be treated with respect as an intelligent , capable and equal human being
I have a right to state my own needs and set my own priorities as a person independant of any roles that I may assume in life
I have a right to express my feelings
I have a right to express my feelings and values
I have a right to say 'No' or 'Yes' for myself
I have a right to say 'No' or 'Yes' for myself
I have a right to make mistakes
I have the right to change my mind
I have a right to say 'I don't understand' and to ask for more information
I have a right to ask for what I want
I have a right to deal with others without being dependent on them for approval
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
Say to yourself each morning "I do not need the reactions of others to validate myself or my personality"
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest to us.
When it is dark enough you can see the stars.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief
Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact

Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.

She's got eyes of innocence.
The face of an angel.
A personality of a dreamer.
&& a smile that hides more pain than you can imagine

Dance like no one's watching,
love like you'll never be hurt,
sing like no one's listening,
live like it's heaven on earth....William Purky.

no matter how ((hard)) life seems
--H a v e F a i t h I n Y o u r D r e a m s--
no matter how your heart is ((grieving))
--D o n t S t o p B e l i e v i n g--

Even in the darkest of nights there will be stars to guide you...

You have to try...if you havent tried you havent lived....

You might call me a dreamer.
But I call it hope.

"You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it."

Maybe it will hurt a little less
If I just pretend everything is okay.
Maybe it will completely disappear,
If I laugh a little louder.
Maybe I will want to live again.
If I just struggle through one more day.
Maybe my pretended happiness will become real.
If I believe that I will be okay with all my might

I like to pretend that everything's alright. Because when everybody else thinks you're fine, sometimes you forget for a while that you're not.

sometimes you just need to cry and be sad. you need to break down and be torn apart. you need to learn how to pick yourself up and put yourself back together. sometimes, the only way to be happy is to give into sadness first. cause without sadness, there is no happiness, you would never learn to smile

all i want is happiness.
i'm getting tired of being let down

Have you ever noticed that the worst way to miss someone is
when they are right besides you and yet you cannot have them

......just a few quotes that i love...........(from Laura)