L.V. Jones Quotes

The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.

Many of us seem to live our lives looking for happiness. That is not always a bad thing, but it can be if we continually believe that happiness is someplace else and not in the present.

Don't look to a husband or a child or a friend or your family to make you happy. It is not within their capacity to do so.

i am anearthquake& dancemost heavilyupon all myfaults.

Wise is the one who flavors the future with some salt from the past. Becoming dust is no threat to the phoenix born from the ash.

Your fate is never determined when your massive imagination is.

You can'tassume i'min bad shapejust becausei've run out ofthe energy toimpressyou.

Life's a gloomy puddle, until you start jumping in it.

Some bow to the spirit of collectivism, while you ascend to the spirit of your own eclectic rhythms.

The fun part is finding which thoughts, in that crazy beehive of emotion, are the ones that mass produce the honey.

You'd corner me in your conformity but even in dormancy i'm sleeping with enormity, stretching the belly of the earth & everything i was born to be.

You're only as good as your last thought of yourself.

The best piece of life's magnificence is your slice of internal peace.

It's not a romance, it's a love story.

Let's gather the world in a game of love with the goal of kicking our tears past Eternity & she'll kick the earth into humanity.

Some situations are just like bad dreams, they're only unbearable while we're giving them our full attention.

When she smiles, the lines in her face become epic narratives that trace the stories of generations that no book can replace.

The sun never has an inferiority complex. It shines the same whether above or below.

You're only as good as your next thought of yourself.

You're only as good as you're next thought of yourself.

Stay hungry on the path you trod to overcome all odds though fate & the gods seem to pepper your plate with a barrage of sabotage.

Dig deep & pull the roots of confidence from the ground of your being, standing firm in the raging storm until sunlight blossoms inside you.

Give it air & let the scar on your soul reveal itself, because, like the body, it too was made to heal itself.

Rare indeed is the seed who can bury its nightmares & still stem & blossom into its wildest dreams.

The weight of your baggage never stops true love from taking flight.

If that’s the case, I understand why emotions are hard for you. You’ve numbed yourself to make room for the grief you carry.

I gave up drinking before my twentieth birthday. I haven’t touched the stuff since. And I’ve discovered that not everyone who does horrible things is a horrible person.

See, you’ve got to understand, son. There’s two types of guys in this world. There’s guys . . . who think they’re in control, and guys like us who live in the moment. Who accept life as it is.

It’s like you’re always living in your head. . . . Relax and appreciate your surroundings a little.

I lost someone close to me once . . . Taught me to live in the moment. Life is short, you know?

It feels like I’m stuck in one spot. It’s been this way for a long time. I know you understand, but now you’re moving on without me. And I—I’m not ready to be alone.

It’s like everyone has their own little recipe for happiness, but no one really seems all that happy.

Happiness isn’t something you work toward, the same way misery isn’t something you work toward.

Live, die, something else lives. The very soil humanity walks upon is built up from death. Digging into a flowerbed means digging into bones.

Dead. Even in the silence of my mind I cannot think the word. I cannot acknowledge this most obvious and terrible of truths.

If I never meet you In this lifeLet me feel the lackA glance from your eyesThen my life Will be yours

I love being able to see an un-written future.

I will never take what is never given, but I will receive to what is given.

Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out of ten, thatreason alone keeps people from allowing themselves to believe.

Does your love reach this far, God? And if it extends to heaven and beyond… why can’t it seem to find me?

People tell you to believe in yourself for your whole life, then call you arrogant when you begin taking their advice.

I write to reach eternity

The deeper the journey into inner space, the further the possibilities in outer space.

To be successful at anything, it takes hard work, discipline, dedication, and a burning desire to be the best.

You will be a great queen when you come back, you know. And someday you'll love me the way you love your wolf.

(Her husband's departure ...) had picked Mildred up by the hair and dropped her down at the doorstep of insanity.From "Butterfly on F street

Uplifting greetings bring a better spirit to your relationship

I do not know what to do with the emotions inside me. I do not know how to be this close to someone and still hold on to myself.

And I dare to believe that it really is. I dare to bet on us again.

Hopefully not by sad experience, you will find that some interactions most private, can be the coldest and most closed off, and some interactions seemingly common or casual can be the most intimate.