"This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And babe, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up becuase if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about." - Marilyn Monroe
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier
"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure -- which is: Try to please everybody" - Herbert Bayard Swope
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." - Helen Keller
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"One night I was watching a quiz show on TV and the question was, 'Name a baseball team synonymous with winning.' One girl said, 'Dodgers.' The other girl said, 'Giants.' That made me madder than hell. I kept saying, 'Yankees, you dummies.' And of course the answer was the Yankees." - Manager Billy Martin
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” Anonymous
"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither." C.S. Lewis
"You have to protect yourself, you can't just give yourself away. But holding people away from you and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you stronger. If anything it makes you weaker because you're doing it of fear of taking that chance. Of simply letting go and giving into it, and that's what makes us what we are. Risks, that's living. Being to scared to even try it - that's a waste. I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like."This Lullaby, Sarah Dessen
"Friendship for example, is a real gift. It's given with no expectations and no gratitude is needed, not between real friends. " (George Feeny, Boy Meets World)
"You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not." [Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper]
