Open Quote of the Week

[Jade]

There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth, but there are those who prefer to look out the window and wonder what is beyond the horizon. -Jimmy Buffett, American singer, songwriter, musician, author (three of his six books were New York Times best sellers' list [two in fiction and one in nonfiction] and businessman (two restaurants named after two of his hit songs [Margaritaville and Cheeseburger in Paradise] ...December 25, 1946, to September 1, 2023, I don't own anything from Jimmy Buffett [music, books or the restaurants (well mostly the Margaritaville Cafe and now defunct Cheeseburger in Paradise) whatsoever]

 

[Lucy]

"Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.”

—Isabelle Lafleche

 

[Lucy]

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try one more time" - Thomas Edison

 

[Jade]

You can do anything that you set your mind to. - Benjamin Franklin [1705-1790]

(This is the same quote as Delia Ketchum said to Ash Ketchum while on the video phone in the English Dub version of Pokémon: the original series in the episode: Pokémon Emergency while I was looking into inspirational quotes to live by from each Pokémon series on YouTube and so far, this quote is the only one from a historical figure, without being said I don't own anything from Benjamin Franklin, Pokémon or YouTube whatsoever)

 

[Lucy]

I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.”

Bill Watterson

 

[Lucy]

"There is no better compass than compassion" - Amanda Gorman

 

[Lucy]

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant

- Robert Louis Stevenson

 

[Lucy]

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome."

-Fannie Flagg,

 

[Jade]

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome."

-Fannie Flagg,

Lucy, Fannie Flagg is the author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe who is also an actress and comedienne. You check look at her profile on Wikipedia. (I don't own anything from her or Wikipedia whatsoever)

 

[Invader]

 

[Lucy]

"I just want you to know that if you are out there and you are being really hard on yourself right now for something that has happened ... it's normal. That is what is going to happen to you in life. No one gets through unscathed. We are all going to have a few scratches on us. Please be kind to yourselves and stand up for yourself, please."

— Taylor Swift

 

[Deric Storm]

"To think only of what yet isn't, is to spoil what is..." - Unknown