Itbtoni’s most recent Quotables

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen

Before you talk, listen. Before you react, think. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

We shouldn’t live everyday like it’s our last, but like it’s our first. Be curious. Be open-minded.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too can become great.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.