Don't criticize what you can't understand.

"Don't criticize what you can't understand."
-- Bob Dylan

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take... Take the shot...

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take... Take the shot..."

If abortion is murder, then a blowjob is cannibalism and shouldn't condoms be considered kidnapping?

"If abortion is murder, then a blowjob is cannibalism and shouldn't condoms be considered kidnapping?"
-- CawkBlawker from POF.com

I will love you no matter what.

"I will love you no matter what. I will love you if you are stupid, if you slip and fall on your face, if you do the wrong thing, if you make mistakes, if you behave like a human being - I will love you no matter."
-- Leo Buscaglia

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."
-- Robert E. Lee

90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

"90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit."
-- Paul J. Meyer

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams."
-- Oprah Winfrey

If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue.

"If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.”
-- Deepak Chopra

Don't cook. Don't clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum

Don't cook.  Don't clean.  No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum - "My God, the floor's immaculate.  Lie down, you hot bitch."
~ Joan Rivers

Failure is the path of least persistence.

"Failure is the path of least persistence."
-- George M. Van Valkenburg, Jr. 

Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

"Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death."

-- Hunter S. Thompson

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

~Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900),19th-century German philosopher.

I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized, I am somebody.

"I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized, I am somebody."

-- Author Unknown

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."
-- Oscar Wilde

Stop over analyzing, life is simple.

This is your life. Do what you love and do it often. If you don't like something, change it. If you don't like your job, quit. If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV. If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love. Stop over analyzing, life is simple. All emotions are beautiful. When you eat, appreciate every last bite. Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people, we are united in our differences. Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them. Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself. Some opportunities only come once, seize them. Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them, so go out and start creating. Life is short. Live your dream and share your passion.

It feels as if there are two dogs fighting in my heart...

A monk went to his master and said, "Master, it feels as if there are two dogs fighting in my heart. One is for all that is good in me. The other is for all that is evil. Master, tell me which dog will win?" The Master answered, "The dog that you feed."

Religion is like a penis.

"Religion is like a penis. It's fine to have one. It's fine to be proud of it. But please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around. And PLEASE don't try to shove it down my children's throats."
-- Robert Wilkinson (https://twitter.com/#!/BlotterMonkey)

YOUR MOVE. Life is a gameboard. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious.

"YOUR MOVE. Life is a gameboard. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious."

-- Napoleon Hill (1883 – 1970) American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

"I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies."

-- Pietro Aretino

When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we hav

“Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.”

- Ron Paul, the Front Runner of the GOP and the next President of the USA.

Nurse Reveals the Top Five Regrets People Make on their Deathbed

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality.

I learned never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
This was the most common regret of all. When people realize that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honored even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.

It is very important to try and honor at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realize, until they no longer have it.

2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.

By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.

We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

Often they would not truly realize the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.

It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realize until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again. When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.

Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.

Source: http://wakeup-world.com/2012/02/01/nurse-reveals-the-top-five-regrets-people-make-on-their-deathbed/

If you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change."

-― Katharine Hepburn

I will rise up and break the backbone of your power and place it in the hands of a nation that doesn’t even know my name.

Don’t let anyone make you think God chose America as his divine messianic force, to be a sort of policeman to the whole world. I can hear God saying to America “You are too arrogant. And if you don’t change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power and place it in the hands of a nation that doesn’t even know my name.”

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

...to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

-― Ralph Waldo Emerson

They don't die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them.

I hate it when they say, "He gave his life for his country." Nobody gives their life for anything. We steal the lives of these kids. We take it away from them. They don't die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them.

-- Admiral Gene La Rocque

When the deepest pain in you becomes something that helps you to know yourself, your truth, your boundaries, creativity, wisdom, and dreams ~ then...

"When the deepest pain in you becomes something that helps you to know yourself, your truth, your boundaries, creativity, wisdom, and dreams ~ then that pain can become your greatest friend and teacher so that when it shows up it reminds you of who you are, rather than who you are not. It can either take you further away into seeking an external solution because you judge it or feel like a victim to it or it can take you into an internal one because you are giving yourself the gift of your awareness which can transform anything."

-- The Return of the Divine Feminine

He who votes decides nothing; he who counts the votes decides everything.

"He who votes decides nothing; he who counts the votes decides everything."

-- Joseph Stalin

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"
— Dr. Seuss

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

"Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal."

-- Martin Luther King Jr.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school.

"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school.
They don't teach you how to love somebody.
They don't teach you how to be famous.
They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor.
They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer.
They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind.
They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying.
They don't teach you anything worth knowing."

― Neil Gaiman

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible."

-- Voltaire

There's a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot.

"There is a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot."

-- President John F. Kennedy (7 days before his assassination)

This life is what you make it.

"This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And babe, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."

-- Marilyn Monroe

The only difference between friends & enemies is you know who your enemies are.

"The only difference between friends & enemies is you know who your enemies are."
-- Unknown

Life — and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison — is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.

"Life — and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison — is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal."
-- Neil Gaiman

If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.

"If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut."
-- Albert Einstein

We all die. The goal is not to live forever, it is to create something that will.

"We all die. The goal is not to live forever, it is to create something that will."

-- Chuck Palahniuk

If you really want to rebel against your parents: outearn them, outlive them, and know more than they do

"If you hate your parents, the man, or the establishment, don`t show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents: outearn them, outlive them, and know more than they do."

-- Henry Rollins

Fucking is the last resort for a man who feels impotent.

"Fucking is the last resort for a man who feels impotent."

-- movie quote: "The Man From Elysian Fields"

You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.

"You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time."

-- Albert Einstein

..wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them...

"When you love someone… truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt-you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it’s crippling-like having your heart carved out. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough… but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that?"

-- Acheron Parthenopaeus

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
-- Buddha

I have a wonderful life now and no matter what you do, you will never affect me again.

"I don't have very much to say to you. I know exactly what you did. I know that you know that what you did was wrong. You did it with full knowledge -- I have a wonderful life now and no matter what you do, you will never affect me again."

-- Elizabeth Smart

there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me

“I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.”


-- Charles R. Swindoll