Victorious.

Call me whatever, it doesn't matter. What it all boils down to is when the day is over,

I'm still walking away with what it is that I came in there to get.

(Audrey Hepburn)

(Elle Wildhagen Photography)

Never wish you were somebody else because there

are people out there envying you for who you are.

Sometimes i think i am a genius. Then i realize I've already seen this episode of jeopardy.

I've lived,

I've laughed,

I've loved.

Maybe not in the ways people would appreciate,

but it's been more than enough for me.

Before I criticize someone, I walk a mile in their shoes. That way, if they get angry, they are a mile away and barefoot.

I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

Energizer bunny arrested, charged with battery.

Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers. - Homer Simpson

but darling you are the only exception.

God can't hand you something new until you let go of what you're holding.

Just because the road ahead is long,

is no reason to slow down.

Just because there is much work to be done,

is no reason to get discouraged.

It is a reason to get started, to grow, to find new ways,

to reach within yourself

and discover strength, commitment, determination, discipline.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

- Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech