January Words of Wisdom

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making good things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something. --Neil Gaiman

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We've been conditioned to think that only politicians can solve our problems. But at some point, maybe we will wake up and recognize that it was politicians who created our problems. --Dr. Ben Carson

It's better to start over...than continue down a path you know is wrong for your soul. --Denise Linn

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. --Ayn Rand

In the winter she curls up with a good book and dreams away the cold. --Ben Aaronovitch

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you can find the peace and clarity to accept where your are, you will soon have the insight to get where you'd like to go. --Markus Almond

The ocean speaks to her mermaid soul even in the cold of winter. The thought of warm waves thaws the icy loneliness of her heart. --Unknown

If our bodies are temples, why do we treat them like landfills? --Dr. Partha Nandi

I have always loved the beach. The smell of the salty water, the wind in my face, the gentle roar of the waves all combine to create a sense of peace and calm. --Unknown

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. --Charles Dickens

Whenever you do something that is not aligned with the yearnings of your soul, you create suffering. --Anais Nin

The people will believe what the media tells them they believe. --George Orwell

The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. --Ayn Rand

It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are holding a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance. --Thomas Sowell

Don't worry about the haters. They are just angry because the truth you speak contradicts the life they live. --Dr. Steve Maraboli

Schedule. It may be the least sexy word in the English dictionary...but it works. Even the world's most renowned writers agree: Schedules are key to serious writerdom. --P.S. Hoffman

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think. --Robert Henri

Have your character make tough choices they would rather ignore. We don't know a character's true personality until the shit hits the fan. --Whitney Davis