make a list of quotes that inspire me

“The greatest gift you can give to those you love is the knowledge that you have taken care of everything.”
- Unknown

“Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.”
- Erich Fromm

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and I could say, “I used everything that you gave me.”
- Erma Bombeck

I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I’m here than a whole truck load when I’m gone.

-Unknown

“Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don’t you think?”

-Unknown

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”

Elaine-age 5 (Taken from an email I received)

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”

Bobby – age 7 (Taken from an email I received)

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.”

Chrissy – age 6 (Taken from an email I received)

The kind of life you will have isn’t determined by what happens to you, it’s determined by your reaction to what happens to you.

-Unknown

“true heroes are hard to come by, the world now requires you to become a hero. you need to fight-and it cant be about you. you need to learn-just to teach them. you need to experience…just so that you may show the way. life is not about you…it is about humanity in general and all that you may learn will be used to improve the masses. you KNOW the meaning of time. you KNOW how short it is and can be.
we are a special breed. you KNOW you can win this fight…if only you choose to win. you cant die yet…FIGHT for it.”

- Toniferous2000 AT yahoo.com
[Response to an entry in Colin’s blog: The Power of Tragedy; My battle against paralysis.]