What you know in your heart

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

Follow your obsessions...

Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
- Frank Kafka

When you buy from an independent artist

When you buy from an independent artist you are buying more than just a painting or a novel or a song. You are buying hundreds of hours of experimentation and thousands of failures. You are buying days, weeks, months, years of frustration and moments of pure joy. You are buying nights of worry about paying the rent, having enough money to feed the children, the birds, the dog. You aren’t just buying a thing; you are buying a piece of heart, a part of a soul, a private moment in someone’s life. Most importantly, you are buying that artist more time to do something they are truly passionate about; something that makes all of the above worth the fear and the doubt; something that puts the life into the living.
- Rebekah Joy Plett

Never ignore what your heart pumps for

Ignoring your passion is slow suicide. 

Never ignore what your heart pumps for. 

Mold your career around your lifestyle 

not your lifestyle around your career.

Stay within the lines

No matter what they tell you, you don’t have to stay within the lines.

You’ve got to save yourself

I believe that we are who we choose to be.
Nobody is going to come and save you.
You’ve got to save yourself.
Nobody is going to give you anything.
You got to go out and fight for it.
Nobody knows what you want except you,
and nobody will be as sorry as you if you don’t get it.
So don’t give up on your dreams.

Take care of you

Stop putting your own needs on the back burner. – The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.  Yes, help others; but help yourself too.  If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, that moment is now.

Start making your own happiness a priority. – Your needs matter.  If you don’t value yourself, look out for yourself, and stick up for yourself, you’re sabotaging yourself.  Remember, it IS possible to take care of your own needs while simultaneously caring for those around you.  And once your needs are met, you will likely be far more capable of helping those who need you most.

...even if it hurts some people you love

You can’t live your life for other people.
You've got to do what’s right for you,
even if it hurts some people you love.
- Nicholas Sparks

Unless someone can look into the core of your heart...

Unless someone can look into the core of your heart, and see the degree of your passion, or look into the depths of your soul, and see the extent of your will, then they have no business telling you what you can or cannot achieve. Because while they may know the odds, they do not know You. Nor do they know the power of your angels.
 - Sandra Kring

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

This life is yours.

Look at you. You're young. And you're scared. Why are you so scared? Stop being paralyzed. Stop swallowing your words. Stop caring what other people think. Wear what you want. Say what you want. Listen to the music you want to listen to. Play it as loud as you want and dance to it. Go out for a drive at midnight and forget you have school the next day. Stop waiting for Friday. Live now. Do it now. Take risks. Tell secrets. This life is yours.

(When are you going to realize that you can do whatever you want?)

The Rules for being amazing

Risk more than is required. Learn more than is normal. Be strong. Show courage. Breathe. Excel. Love. Lead. Speak your truth. Live your values. Laugh. Cry. Innovate. Simplify. Adore mastery. Release mediocrity. Aim for genius. Stay humble. Be kinder than expected. Deliver more than is needed. Exude passion. Shatter your limits. Transcend your fears. Inspire others by your bigness. Dream big but start small. Act now. Don’t stop. Change the world.
 - Robin Sharma

Have some fire

Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature.
Be better than anyone here, and don’t give a damn what anyone thinks.
There are no teams here, no buddies. You’re on your own. Be on your own.

Give me...

Give me a museum and I’ll fill it. 

- Pablo Picasso 

(1881-1973)

The life you are capable of living.

There is no passion to be found in settling for a life
that is less than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela

Every woman deserves...

Every woman deserves a man who will break a bed for her.

One of the best feelings.

One of the best feelings in life is discovering that you are appreciated by someone regardless of how unworthy someone else has made you feel.

Pursue it.

If it’s both terrifying and amazing then you should definitely pursue it.
-   Erada

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You.

You’re pretty much my most favorite of all time in the history of ever.

What you can achieve.

"Unless someone can look into the core of your heart, and see the degree of your passion, or look into the depths of your soul and see the extent of your will, then they have no business telling you what you can or cannot achieve. Because while they may know the odds, they do not know You."