short quotes - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A reflection of life is not life
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is lived in the waiting
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is lived between the lines
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

An ounce of conscious choice is worth a pound of good fortune - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Marlene Dietrich: It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich

When you can call them at 4 AM they have become family - real family - perhaps even more real family than your blood relatives. Honor them, and give thanks for them.

Jim Carrey: If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey

Dalai Lama: The purpose of our lives is to be happy

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Choosing to live a happy life is not only our greatest gift to ourselves, it is also the greatest gift we can give to those around us. When we are happy, we radiate happiness, and that is infectious. Consider giving the gift of happiness to yourself as being your gift to all humanity.

John Lennon: Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

Stop wishing and fearing the future long enough to be fully present in TODAY. Some great things are happening today that bear no resemblance to what you planned.

Buddha: You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
- the Buddha

Feel angry and the quality of living shrivels and dies. An angry person has all the juice and joy of last year's prune.

Read my articles on dealing with anger:

Stop Anger Before It Stops You - 7 Secrets

Regrets, Resentments and the Path to Forgiveness - Stop Anger & Live Happy With Conscious Awareness

Less Stress - More Joy - Making Healthy Choices

You can't make life "fair"

Lao Tzu: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
- Lao Tzu

Hurrying - urgency - robs life of its quality. Patience is more than a virtue, patience is a joyful way of living. Don't accomplish less, but focus on the most important things, and proceed at a natural comfortable pace. The soft water of the river cuts through the hardest rock - in its own time.

Forrest Gump Movie Quotes - Forrest Gump Quotes

Quotes from the movie Forrest Gump:

Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on.

It happens - Sometimes.

I just wanted to tell you I love you.

If you're sick, I'll take care of you.

Momma always said dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Amelia Earhart: Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
- Amelia Earhart

OK, so the wording is a little sarcastic, but the idea is important. If you believe that something is impossible, you have just made that task impossible for you to accomplish, but you are likely to watch in amazement as others make it happen. Very few challenges can resist insight and perseverance for long.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People only see what they are prepared to see

People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Earth laughs in flowers

Earth laughs in flowers.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every wall is a door

Every wall is a door.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thich Nhat Hanh : Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

Leo Tolstoy: If you want to be happy, be

If you want to be happy, be.
- Leo Tolstoy

Happiness is a choice - independent of circumstances.

Aristotle: Happiness depends upon ourselves

Happiness depends upon ourselves
- Aristotle

If you don't take full responsibility for your own happiness, who do you suppose will? Your happiness is a one person job - it begins and ends with you.

Consider the people in your life: which of them brighten your days? Chances are that the people that you most enjoy are the people who have made their own choice to be happy in the face of their circumstances.

Beyond being the greatest gift that you can give yourself, your choice to be happy is a magnificent present to your family, friends, and everyone you meet.

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Whenever you say or even think, "This is hard," that task or challenge becomes difficult. Dread it, and it becomes terrifying.

When you choose to move past fear - fear of failure, fear of embarrassment, fear of "looking bad," fear of losing respect - life becomes much lighter, and most any task becomes possible - perhaps even enjoyable. Most any challenge can become an adventure of discovery.