*Power for the soul*

I've been called cliche too many times to count. But I wouldn't have it any other way. So, I've compiled some of my favorite quotes and sayings. The ones that really strike and empower my soul.

From me to you-- here are some simple words that hold a much greater meaning. May you find a personal connection to each one.


"To all the girls that think you're ugly because you're not a size 0, 
you're the beautiful one's. It's society who's ugly."
-Marilyn Monroe

"That's the thing about needs. Sometimes, when you get them met...
you don't need them anymore."
-Carrie Bradshaw

"If you're always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing
you can be."
-Maya Angelou

"Don't become a stranger to yourself by blending in with everyone else."
-Dodinsky

"Don't be so hard on yourself. Please be gentle. Speak to yourself in more loving
and encouraging ways. Your inner dialogue is the most powerful voice you hear.
Turn down the volume of the critic.
-Christine Hassler

"True forgiveness is when you say THANK YOU for that experience."
-Oprah Winfrey

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of
thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no
reason not to follow your heart.
-Steve Jobs

"Maybe it's hard to believe what's with my obvious charm and good looks, but
people used to think that I was a monster. And for a long time..I believed them.
But after a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you. Just trust who 
you are."
-Shrek

"I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I saw. I'm scared of what I did,
of who I am..and most of all, I'm scared of walking out of this room and 
never feeling the rest of my life, the way I feel when I'm with you.
-Baby, Dirty Dancing

"Achievement is by dictionary definition a product of struggle."
-Dan Kennedy

"You can't win a marathon without putting some band-aids on your nipples."
-Dave Harken, Horrible Bosses

"There's a reason I said I'd be happy alone. It wasn't 'cause I thought I'd be 
happy alone. It was because I thought if I loved someone and then it fell apart,
I might not make it. It's easier to be alone. Because what if you learn that you need
love, and then you don't have it? What if you shaped your whole life around it, and 
then it falls apart? Can you even survive that kind of pain? Losing love is like organ
damage. It's like dying. The only difference is death ends. This? It could go on forever."
-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy

"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you, he likes you. Never
try to trim your own bangs. And someday, you will meet a wonderful guy and get your
very own happy ending. Every movie we see, every story we're told, implores us to wait for it-
the third act twist..the unexpected declaration of love..the exception to the rule..But sometimes
we're so focused on finding our happy ending, we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell
from the one's who want us and the one's who don't. The one's who will stay from the one's
who will leave. And maybe, a happy ending doesn't include a guy. Maybe..it's you..on your 
own..picking up the pieces and starting over..freeing yourself up for something better in the
future. Maybe the happy ending is just..moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this..
Knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken hearts...through the blunders
and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment..you never gave up..hope."
-Gigi, He's Just Not that into You.

"But the thing is, it's hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely, because almost everyone
has that smallest bit of faith and hope..that one day, they would open their eyes
and it would all come true. At the end of the day, faith is a funny thing. It turns up
when you don't really expect it. It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale is slightly
different than your dream. The castle, well it may not be a castle. And it's not so important
that it's happy ever after--just that it's happy right now. See, once in a while, once in a blue
moon, people will surprise you. And once in a while, people may even take your breath away."
-Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy

"Some people pass through our lives for a reason. To teach us lessons that could never be
learned if they stayed."
-Mandy Hale

"Let someone love you just as you are. As flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you
might feel, as unaccomplished as you might think you are; let someone love you just as you are.
..And let that someone be- you.."
-Sandra Kring

"You are the answer. Brilliance, Beauty, Worth, Humor, Weirdness, Potential, Creativity..
Right there inside you are the ingredients for greatness. Don't burn the recipe."
-Kelsie Long