Words to live by

Some of my all time favorite quotes.  Short and simple, but they make you think.

• Collect moments not things.
  
• Sometimes what you're looking for comes when you're not looking at all.
• There are two things that define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything.
• You can't live a positive life with a negative attitude.
• In these bodies we live, in these bodies we die.  Where you invest your love, you invest your life.
• Every positive life propels you in the right direction.
• Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.
• Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
• A Year from now you'll wish you started today.
  
• Waiting for someone else to make you happy is the best way to be sad.
• Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
• Your life is a result of the choices you make.. If you don't like your life, it is time to start making different choices.
• In order to move on you must understand why you felt the way you did, and why you no longer need to feel it.
• One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.
• No one is going to love you if you don't love yourself.
• You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop, and what you reinforce.
• If you can't figure out where you stand with someone, it might be time to stop standing and start walking.
• Don't be afraid to give yourself everything you've ever wanted in life.
• Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn.
• Comparison is the thief of joy.
• How will you know if it's the right decision if you never make it?
• Nothing is worth it if you aren't happy.
• Start each day like it's your birthday.
• Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyways.
• Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
• If it's important to you, you will find a way.  If not, you'll find an excuse.
• Everyday may not be good, but there is good in everyday.
• Over thinking leads to negative thoughts.
• Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.
  
• Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think about what could go right.
• Be the kind of person you want to meet.
• Do what you love everyday.
• Never look down on someone unless you are helping them up.
• The minute you think of giving up, think of the reason why you held on so long.
• Destroy what destroys you.
• Treat people as you would like to be treated, karma is only a bitch if you are.
• This isn't how it's always going to be.
• You are as wonderful as your dog thinks you are.
• Be smart enough to hold on. Be brave enough to let go.
• Let your past make you better, not bitter.
• Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.
• Be the person your dog thinks you are.
• Always be kinder than you feel.
• If you do not go after what you want, you will never have it.
• Some people come in your life as blessings, others come into your life as lessons.
• Never let the things you WANT, make you forget the things you HAVE.
• Don't make excuses, make progress.
• If you're racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you are in?
• When they say you can't, then you have to.
  
• Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
• No reason to stay is a good reason to go.
• You can never have too much happy.
• Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.
• If you are not willing to look stupid, nothing great is ever going to happen to you.
• The first step of happiness is defining what happiness mean to you.
• What you think of yourself is much more important than what other people think of you.
• The struggle is part of the story.