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Agnes Wohl

Inspirations




I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be, to inspire me and not terrify me. Tracy Ellis Ross


Legends say that hummingbirds float free of time, carrying hopes for love, joy, and celebration. The hummingbird’s delicate grace reminds us that life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal connection has meaning and that laughter is life’s sweetest creation.


You may not control all the events that happen to you but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Buddha


“I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe


Be the change that you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

If you try, you might get exactly what you want. If you don’t you don’t. Unknown

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi


Courage, intelligence, and love will help put any situation and is never out of place. Try this: Be brave, think it through, and love. Today’s step

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.Budda


We do not need magic to transform the world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already. JK Rowling

I know for sure that what we dwell on we become. Oprah Winfrey


Turn your face to the sun and shadows fall behind you. Maori Proverb

Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth. Mark Twain


tit is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle Onassis

Courage is like a muscle that grows stronger every time I use it. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. Oprah Winfrey


I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks


Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions. Albert Einstein


The best way out is always through-Robert Frost


Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away.

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it. Kathleen Casey Theisen


You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein

Show up today whether your practice is sobriety, meditation, honesty, or marital arts. Just do it.

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass… it’s about learning to dance in the rain. Unknown

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it. Kathleen Casey Thomas


Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, “This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught.” Thomas Kempis


IIf you are going through Hell keep going. Winston Churchill.

A big shot is a little shot that keeps shooting. Unknown

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson


Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. George S Patton

Be present- it is the only moment that matters. Peaceful Warrior


Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Dale Carnegie


It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. Buddha


Success is to be measured not so much by the position reached in life as by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed. Booker T. Washington


Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret B Runbeck

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. – Robert Brault


We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein


Be a lamp to yourself. Be yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold to the truth within yourself as to the only truth. Buddha


Before you quit because the road seems too long turn around and look how far you’ve come. Tina Lucky


You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal. Zig Ziglar


We are all a little weird and Life’s a little weird and When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours we join up with them and Fall in mutual weirdness and call it Love. Dr. Seuss


Most people don’t know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don’t get too comfortable and fall asleep and miss your life. Anonymous


We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. Jean-Paul Sartre


Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. Aristotle


The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. Robert Cushing


Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Seuss


Growth means change ad change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown. George Shinn


Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions-Albert Einstein


“The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.” -Thich Nhat Hanh


Anything is possible once you have the nerve. JK Rolling


Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero on your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. Ayn Rand


Turn your wisdom into wounds. Oprah Winfrey


Oh, my friend, its not what they take away from you that counts–it’s what you do with what you have left. Huber H. Humphrey


Fairy Tales are more than true: Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. Gk Chesterton


II used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn’t till I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work-Catherine Zeta-Jones


You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think. Winnie the Pooh

It takes courage to push things forward. MoMowlam


If you worry about yesterday's failures then today’s successes will be few. Anonymous


Contentment is of the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have. Unknown source


Carry out random acts of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. Princess Diana


Change your thoughts and you change the world Norman Vincent Peal


In youth we learn; in age we understand. Marie E Eschenbach

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself, which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. -Maya Angelou


No matter how hard the past you can begin again. Budda


To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo


People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Zylare


Lotus flowers are common symbols used in the Buddhist, Thai and Egyptian cultures. Lotus flowers grow in muddy waters and feature a pristine bloom above the surface. This unique growth pattern elevates the lotus to a symbol linked to spirituality in the Buddhist, Egyptian and Thai tradition.Erin Maurer. This can also be used as a metaphor for abused persons, in that they rise above and bloom in life.


Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” anonymous

“The only way out is through.” Robert Frost


The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.” Robert Cushing


It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we’re alive-to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but felt with the heart. Helen Keller


“Courage doesn’t roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the endof the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Mary Anne Radmacher


The first problem for all of us, men and women is not to learn, but to unlearn. Gloria Steinem


Don’t follow your dreams; chase them. – Richard Dumb (who we think is very smart 🙂


It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself, which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. -Maya Angelou

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” Maria Robinson


“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight”. Phyllis Diller


“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting of us” Joseph Campbell


“And the trouble is if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” Erica Jong


“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” Mary Anne Radmacher


Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret B. Runbeck


A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. William Shedd


Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Raymond Lindquist


Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. L ife is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.

~ Mother Teresa

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin

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