#ay

How I go to the woods Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours. Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#love #nature #poetry #prayer #spirituality

I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#inspirational #speak-now #taylor-swift #inspirational

To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#inspirational #musician #inspirational

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself. ↗

— Anais Nin

#beyond #deeply #expands #into #itself

I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you...And you...And you...Gotta give em hope. ↗

— Harvey Milk

#gay #inspirational #inspirational

There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#acting #artifice #falsehood #game #games

The future is always a dystopia in movies. ↗

— Alex Cox

#future #movies

... love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#charity #christian #heaven #heavenly-rewards #inspirational

Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#future-inspirational #happiness #hope #love #success

Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God’s forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul. ↗

— Franklin Graham

#prayer #forgiveness