The Bible, The Alice books [Phyllis Reynolds Naylor], "I am not but I know I AM" & "The Air I Breathe" [both by Louie Giglio]; "The Way I Was Made" [Chris Tomlin]; "Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets & Sushi" [David Crowder]; The Narnia Series [C.S. Lewis]; "Jesus Freaks: The Voice of the Martyrs" [DC Talk]; "Crazy Love" [Francis Chan]; "Redeeming Love" [Francine Rivers]; The Circle Series [Ted Dekker]; The Shack [William Paul Young]; and TWILIGHT!
Quotes
"Just be who you are. Wait your turn, don't push,
be beautiful, be graceful, && if you're gonna get angry,
be angry behind closed doors. Don't ever let them
see you sweat; just hold your head up no matter
what & don't ever let anyone stomp you out."
"great minds discuss ideas;
average minds discuss events;
small minds discuss people."
"I'm not afraid to fall;
it means I climbed too high.
Either way it shows at least I tried."
"neveroverlookwhatsrightinfrontofyoureyes."
"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow."
"There is an inner beauty about a woman who believes in herself, who knows she is capable of anything that she puts her mind to. There is a beauty in the strength and determination of a woman who follows her own path, who isn't thrown off by obstacles along the way. There is a beauty about a woman whose confidence comes from experiences; who knows she can fall, pick herself up, and move on."
What does "it" mean in the sentence "What time is it?"?
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment." - Jane Austen
"Don't waste your time regretting all your wrongs. Know that in the end, you'll get what your heart longs. Try not to risk it all; don't stumble; don't fall. Take the time to read the writings on the wall. Hold your head high; don't be afraid to say goodbye. Stay true and be you. Do everything there is to do. Live life to the fullest and never look back - There is a reason for the future and a reason for the past. Love til it hurts; laugh til you cry. And when your life flashes before you die, be happy for what you've done, be happy for what you've overcome, and most of all, be proud of what you've become."
"We can humble ourselves simply because we know who we are." -Beth Moore
"Just keep your head up, gorgeous;
there are people killing to see you fall."
"Sometimes one smile means more then a dozen roses."
"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you." -C.S. Lewis
"You can't expect to find the right someone
until you know who you are, what matters to you,
and what makes your heart happy."
"Whoever said "anything is possible" obviously has never tried slamming a revolving door."
"She has a cool, breezy way about her, like a breath of fresh air."
"Things change and friends leave, but life doesn't stop for anybody."
"Don't rush into love because even in fairy tales,
the happy ending takes place on the last page."
"Humility comes from seeing God. You've never seen anybody in Scripture who's ever gotten a vision or picture from God who has ever thought anything about themselves after that. When you see God, people are on their face."
-Louie Giglio
"Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart."
"I once thought that I had made a mistake, but I was mistaken."
"don't be afraid of living;
be afraid of an unlived life.
you don't have to live forever,
you just have to live.
-- Tuck Everlasting
"To truly live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist; that is all."
"Be a women so enveloped in the heart of God that men must go searching for God to find you." -C.S. Lewis
"Poverty was created because we have not learned to love our neighbor as ourself." - Shane Claiborne
"There is only one reason why men become addicted to drugs.
They are weak men. Only strong men are cured,
and they cure themselves."
-Martin H. Fischer
"I think the easiest way to lose something is to want it too badly."
"If someone wants to be a part of your life they'll make an effort to be a part of it."
"& Just keep in mind whoever will gossip to you will also gossip about you."
"I couldn't believe my eyes when I woke up this morning. I looked at the sidewalk and there was a million people dressed the same, who answered their cellphones at the same time and all popped a pill for the same disorder. Can't be fat, no we can't have that. We're so far gone, don't you see that we're so far gone?"
"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
"Either get over it or do something about it because no one cares about the in between."
"I only work to enjoy when I am not working."
"If you really need him, fate won't let you lose him."
"you'll never see the stars
if you're always looking down"
""Whether it's the best of times or
the worst of times, it's the only time we've got."
-Art Buchwald
"If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullcrap."
"Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman,
but loose enough to show you're a lady." -Marilyn Monroe
"Dreams aren't meant to be understood any more than tragedies can be avoided. Life happens to us. The only certainty in all of it is that it just keeps happening."
“The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it”
-George Washington
"Whatever flaws you have people are going to notice them, and whatever strengths you have you're going to need them."
"when people ask me why
it's so hard for me to trust others,
i ask them why it's so hard
to keep a promise.
"Sometimes people hold onto something
because they fear nothing that great
could ever happen to them again."
"Don’t ever complain about growing old. So many people never get the chance."
"A man can no more diminish the Glory of God by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of His cell."
-C.S. Lewis
"If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place."
"This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can't tame a tongue—it's never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can't go on."
-The Message
"it's like all of the bad stuff that you went through that you hated along the way: the people who disappointed you, the things that didn't go the way you wanted; suddenly, you feel grateful for them, because those are the things that got you to here, to this."
"If it didn’t matter, you wouldn’t be thinking about it."
"Don't spend a lifetime becoming good at something you don't love to do."
"Sometimes we just need to get out,
get away & momentarily forget everything
in order to realize that what we have
really isn't all that bad."
"Love wins."
"Once your broken, that's when you realize what your really made of."
"Some beach somewhere...
There's a big umbrella casting shade over an empty chair
Palm trees are growing, warm breeze is blowing
I picture myself right there, on some beach somewhere..."
"MEAT MEET WHEAT"
"The hardest challenge in life:
being yourself in a world of people
who are trying to make you
just like everyone else."
When James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the ship captain tried to turn him back, saying, "You will lose your life and the lives of those with you if you go among such savages." To that, Calvert replied, "We died before we came here."
"I smile because I have no idea what's going on."
"The gospel is not about taking bad people and making them good, it’s about taking dead people and making them alive."
"Even if your hands are shaking, & your faith is broken. Even as your eyes are closing, do it with a heart wide open. Say what you need to say."
"You will never lead the masses until the people around you who are closest to you are being led."
-Chris Tomlin
"Live every week like it's shark week."
"We're all a little weird. & life's a little weird.
& when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up in mutual weirdness &&
call it love."
"You can tell a lot about a person's character by the way they treat a waitress." - Peter Rummell
"There is one person in every group of friends that nobody effin likes." -Dane Cook
"You know you're besties when the only words the conversation consists of are "remember when...and then....haha Great times" And ends with a big smile, and a few giggles. =)"
"Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like."
"Whatever God has called you to do, this I guaruntee you, it is out of your comfort zone, and it is harder than you can do, and you will have to press through your river of fear to get to your promised land." --Beth Moore
"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
"What we love, we shall grow to resemble." - Bernard of Clairvaux
"Time goes by so fast -- People go in
and out of your life. You must never
miss the opportunity to tell these
people how much they mean to you."
"Life can never be the same again for either of you. Once you have drunk of the wine of My giving, the Life Eternal, all Earth's attempts to quench your thirst will fail." - God Calling
"Walk down the halls
with your head up high
& with a smile on your face;
Don't let anyone tell you
that you cant, when you
havent even tried."
"No cake, no presents, happy birthday."
"Sometimes, no matter what you do, the stress accumulates until you can only get rid of it one way, a good cry."
- Gemma Ward
"People should take their
"I want you to like me" stickers
off their foreheads and put them
where they'd really do some good:
on their mirrors."
"There they both sat, grown up and yet children in heart-- and it was summer; warm, delightful summer"
"It'll make you wanna say 'shucks!'" -Coach Clark :)
"Enjoy yourself.
These are the good old days you're
going to miss in the years ahead."
"Everyone sees who I appear to be. But only few know the real me. You can only see what I choose to show. There's so much more you just don't know."
"Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?"
"There's a lot of pressure to find the right one. But how cool would it be to fall in love with Jesus in such a way that He rose up to the top of your satisfaction quotient and He became the thing that satisfied your soul. And forever more you were going through life asking the question, 'I wonder if he's the right two.'"
-Louie Giglio
"We'll take the runs in our stockings and make them into webs; we'll hoist them in the forest, we'll make them our beds."
"And above all else, guard your heart." Proverbs 4:23
"I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
-CS Lewis
"Don’t stress over people in your past; There’s a reason why they didn’t make it to your future."
"Walk with confidence; it will make everyone stare. (:"
"If he really loves you, it won't matter if your wearing sweats from Wal-Mart, or jeans from Abercrombie; he'll be happy just being with you."
"People like you are the reasons why we have middle fingers. (= "
"Let's look death in the face and say 'whatever man'; lets make our own luck, what do you say? :) "
-LOST
I'm not saying I dont cry, but in between I laugh && I realize how silly it is to take anything too seriously."
"Be nice to everyone - you dont know what they might be going through.
"You can write with pen, pencil or blood as long as you dont have aids." -Coach Clark :)
"Anyone can give up;
it's the easiest thing in the world to do.
But to hold it together when everyone else
would understand if you fell apart,
that's true strength."
"I enjoy having breakfast in bed. I like waking up to the smell of bacon. Sue me. And since I don't have a butler I have to do it myself... so, most nights before I go to bed I will lay out 6 strips of bacon out on my foreman grill. Then I go to sleep. When I wake up I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again, then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious, it's good for me, it's a perfect way to start the day. Today I got up, I stepped on to the grill and it clamped on to my foot. That's it. I don't see what's so hard to believe about that."
-Michael Scott--The Office
"When you have confidence,
you can have a lot of fun;
& when you have fun,
you can do anything."
"Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize they're really a stranger."
"Every time I sin, I am telling the world that God isn't good enough." -louie giglio
"In order to be irreplaceable,
there must be something about you
that's different from the rest."
"They say people in your life are like seasons and anything that happens is for a reason." -Kanye West
"And I get up everyday and kick ass at life, and kids complain about a broken ipod."
"It's those moments when you drive around in a car full of friends; around a town too small for you, where you gasp for breath between each laugh."
"You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or their fancy car. You love them because they sing a song that only you can hear."
"Move on. He's just a chapter in the past. Don't close the book; just turn the page."
"Too many people get caught up in what could be instead of appreciating what is. Don’t fall into that trap; Appreciate what you have & who you have, because the future can take it all away from you."
"I'm the kind of girl that laughs at her mistakes, so pardon me if I laugh in your face. :) "
"No matter how bad things are at any one moment, no moment lasts. Good or bad, time moves on because it has to, and so do you."
"Words are alive; cut them and they bleed."
"Thinking of you gets me all excited, like a kid getting a note in their lunchbox."
"It's only when you're tested that you truly discover who you are. And it's only when you're tested that you discover who you can be. The person you want to be does exist, somewhere on the other side of hard work, belief, faith and the heartache & fear of what lies ahead."
"Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday."
"BEST FRiiENDS ARE THE 0NES WH0 WiLL TRADE THEiR PiiNK LOlliP0P F0R Y 0 U R GR0SS 0RANGE 0NE =)"
"When you look at a person, any person, remember that everyone has a story. Everyone has gone through something that has changed them."
"I swear some people must live on drama cause some people can't go a day without starting it."
"People change. Even the person you thought you knew the most changes. && Even though it hurts to see them go, you have to move on; for the sweet memories are all you have, & things might never be the same."
"I guess when all is said and done, you are who you are, and that should be good enough for everybody else."
"What beautiful smiles that cover such beautiful disasters."
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."
"When you judge someone you don't define them; you define yourself."
"Isn't it ironic?
We ignore the ones who adore us,
adore the ones who ignore us,
love the ones who hurt us,
& hurt the ones that love us."
"Life takes your dreams & turns them upside down; friends talk about you when you're not around. People make promises they just can't keep, & I've come to realize that talk is cheap. Too often we don't realize what we have until it's gone; too often we wait too long to say 'I'm sorry, I was wrong.' Sometimes it seems we hurt the ones we hold dearest to our hearts, & we allow foolish things to tear our lives apart."
"Thanks to those who hated me;
you made me a stronger person.
Thanks to those who loved me;
you made my heart grow fonder.
Thanks to those who envied me;
you made my self-esteem grow stronger.
Thanks to those who cared;
you made me feel important.
Thanks to those who entered my life;
you made me who i am today.
Thanks to those who left;
you showed me that nothing lasts forever.
Thanks to those who stayed;
you showed me the true meaning of
[ f r i e n d s h i p .]"
ok, let me think about it.... my uncle passed away this weekend, and we're doing funeral stuff tomorrow and tuesday, but i'll give you a call maybe tuesday night? and i'll let you know where i've decided then! :)
that would be so fun! maybe if i quit throwing cards across the room and looking like something from the underworld possessed me, I'll have a chance lol. but yeah a reunion would be awesome!
so how's your cat been? (because how's your summmer been is just too cliche...)
i dunno...there's nothing really that i want to see...but i'm really not picky.i just love going to the movies in general! :) you know, i'm a little silly when it comes to stuff like that,,,, i love the smell of the popcorn, i love the mirrors in the bathroom, and i usually love the previews more than i love the movie!!! haha...just the atmosphere of the cinema is nice. XD HAHAHAAHAHAAA.
nothing much, i'm going to baker's graduation tonight, to visit some friends, and then i think me and RTD are going to the movies. i found a graduation dress!! :D
im not goin to school tommorow sorry but we all need to plan to go do somethin thurs after we all leave school cause i dont wanna just go home i will be to sad
I just realized that too. Yeah when I was looking through the yearbook the other day i saw your dad in there and thought hey wait a second thats the dude that plays the drums at my church, so that was cool. Oh and i worked at chik-fil-a as a summer job last year, yeah it was like a dream eating all their food for free.
oh brittany! i know! i wish you could've come!! but it really was wonderful!!!!! sooo good. so many people came and we just visited and had a wonderful time!!! :D hope the rest of your weekend is well!!