I have a book full of inspirational quotes with inspirational pictures to go along with them. I thought, to get into the flow of writing, I would share them with you, just so you can get some sort of idea what’s going on in my head as I’m writing.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Oprah Winfrey

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Christopher columbus

All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.

Walt disNey

Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow.

Helen keller

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

George eliot (mary ann evans)

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Mahatma gAndhi

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

Eleanor roosevelt

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

Tom hanks

It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.

Confucius

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

EliZabeth kenny

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Maya angelou

Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

Oscar wilde

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Kahlil gibran

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Dr. Martin luther king jR.

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Mother teresa (also known as blessed teresa of kolkata)

I defeat my enemies when I make them my friends.

Dalai lama xiv

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

Billie jean king

Light tomorrow with today.

Elizabeth barret browning

Thinking is more interesting than knowing but less interesting than looking.

Johann wolfgang von goethe

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.

Ayn rand

I avoid looking forward or backward and try to keep looking upward.

Charlotte brontË

Big doesn’t necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren’t better than violets.

Edna ferber

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Nelson mandela

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Deepah chopra

My favourite quote out of all of these is “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” as it rings with truth and it is the words of the great author, poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde.