Quotable Quotes

I love the power of words.  The right combination of words can change your life.  A single sentence can push you to do things you never thought possible.

The quotes I keep on my blog are quotes that truly mean something to me.  I only feature one quote at a time, but below are all of the quotes I have used in the past.  The current quote is in bold, and all previous quotes are posted beneath it.

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I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
-Marilyn Monroe

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
-Carol Burnett

I’m free, but I’m focused.
I’m green, but I’m wise.
I’m shy, but I’m friendly, baby.
I’m sad, but I’m laughing.
I’m brave, but I’m chicken shit.
I’m sick, but I’m pretty, baby.
And what it all boils down to
Is that no one’s really got it figured out just yet.
-Alanis Morissette, Hand In My Pocket

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.a
-Conan O’Brien

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise.  The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
-Sylvia Plath

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.
-John Jakes

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings – words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
-Stephen King