Inspirational Poem Quotes

But how wonderful when the tale is told,
And the message that is meant for us
Opens like the scents of a mountain flower! ~ Mazisi Kunene

If I should have a daughter…"Instead of "Mom", she's gonna call me "Point B." Because that way, she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I'm going to paint the solar system on the back of her hands so that she has to learn the entire universe before she can say "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."

She's gonna learn that this life will hit you, hard, in the face, wait for you to get back up so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. There is hurt, here, that cannot be fixed by band-aids or poetry, so the first time she realizes that Wonder-woman isn't coming, I'll make sure she knows she doesn't have to wear the cape all by herself. Because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. Believe me, I've tried.

And "Baby," I'll tell her "don't keep your nose up in the air like that, I know that trick, you're just smelling for smoke so you can follow the trail back to a burning house so you can find the boy who lost everything in the fire to see if you can save him. Or else, find the boy who lit the fire in the first place to see if you can change him."

But I know that she will anyway, so instead I'll always keep an extra supply of chocolate and rain boats nearby, 'cause there is no heartbreak that chocolate can't fix ~ Sarah Kay

How can I wear the harness of toil
And sweat at the daily round,
While in my soul forever
The drums of Pictdom sound? ~ Robert E. Howard

So beautiful but so bountiful.
So delicate but so fresh.
So magical but so simple.
So much to say but yet so silent.
So loving and so pleasant.
Oh, flowers of charming love,
You are life's joy and present. ~ Debasish Mridha

I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don't be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it. ~ Sarah Kay

be it peace or happiness
let it enfold you ~ Charles Bukowski

Bob's Words:
Nobody knows what tomorrow brings
By loving, giving, caring
And sharing today
Lets one know that if tomorrow
Does not come
Today is a good day to be the last ~ Greg Noack

I am nobody, even if I say I am this or that. ~ Santosh Kalwar

Secure in his flight
Rider on the constant winds
Hawk flies through his days

Looks then to the east
Prompted by fate's gentle breeze
Changes his intent

Fate's gentle breezes
Move the mighty heart to change
Destiny remade ~ Steve Robison

Blinking, twinkling, burning bright
Are all the stars that light the night.
Dippers, Ursa's and Orion too,
But don't forget the star in you. ~ Paul The Astronaut

Darkness all around, smoke in between my fingers, all you have given me dear, sorrow and sadness to sing here. ~ Santosh Kalwar

Why Not You?

Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you?

Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today. Why not you?

Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?

Today, for many the burden of self doubt and insecurity will be lifted by the security and confidence of empowerment. Why not you?

Today, many will rise above their believed limitations and make contact with their powerful innate strength. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to live in such a manner that they will be a positive role model for their children. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment of their bad habits. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you?

Today, many will find abundance in simplicity. Why not you?

Today, many will be confronted by difficult moral choices and they will choose to do what is right instead of what is beneficial. Why not you?

Today, many will decide to no longer sit back with a victim mentality, but to take charge of their lives and make positive changes. Why not you?

Today, many will take t ~ Steve Maraboli

Damask roses and white picket fences,
a childhood ripe with an array of senses.
Forest black against starry skies,
Pink clouds dusting an early sunrise.
Hundreds of days slipping through hourglass years.
The sands of adolescence fading with solemn tears.
Oceans of certainty ebbing away,
Lessons learned regardless of one's place. ~ A.Y. Greyson

The best tourist is one without a camera ~ Kamand Kojouri

If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, Chase, then we really are aiming quite low. Traffic jams are to be tolerated. People are to be celebrated. ~ Glennon Doyle Melton

If your mind can go along with you it is a blessing. If your mind obeys you, it is a super-blessing. ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi

God has ALREADY given you the strength you need, it's up to you to recognize that you were BORN a conqueror! ~ Yvonne Pierre

You win the lasting laurels with your laughter. ~ Joni Mitchell

Imagination is the spark that ignites the fire of creativity. ~ Richard L. Peterson

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. ~ Donald Knuth

Without passion, all the skill in world won't lift you above your craft ~ Twyla Tharp

The smile of a child is the inspiration for the future. ~ Debasish Mridha

One time Marian showed me some sand. When she gave it to me, she said, "These are very interesting stones." It just looked like sand, but she asked me to took through a magnifying glass. Then those small stones were as interesting as the stones I have in my office. The stones in my office are bigger, but under the glass the sand was quite similar.
If you say, "This is a rock from the moon", you will be very much interested in it. Actually I don't think there is a great difference between rocks we have on the earth and those on the moon. Even if you go to Mars, I think you will find the same rocks.
I am quite sure about it.
So if you want to find something interesting, instead of hopping around the universe like this, enjoy your life in every moment, observe what you have now, and truly live in your surroundings. ~ Shunryu Suzuki

Happiness comes from your thoughts; it resides inside you. To be happy, have happy thoughts, whatever you do. ~ Debasish Mridha

People who say we are just preaching "extreme grace" must not understand how extremely gracious our Father is. ~ D.R. Silva

Keep your goal challenging enough that you have to change to achieve it. ~ Debasish Mridha

My child, everything in life is holy. ~ Neale Donald Walsch

There was an art to living, and sometimes it required the inexorable, relentless resolve just to keep plowing forward, one step at a time, no matter what the hell it was you were doing. ~ Marjorie M. Liu

Throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable. ~ Leila Sales

A hunter only shoots a deer he can see, if you ain't being seen you ain't doing nothing! ~ Tyler Perry

The thing with love is, you cannot choose who you fall for. Falling in love often happens at the wrong time, in the wrong place, with the wrong person. Just as much as you cannot stop growing feelings for a certain man, there's no switch to turn off your heart. ~ J.C. Reed

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul. ~ William Shakespeare

Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature. ~ Albertus Magnus

In the midst of the ubiquitous dealings with prostituted signs, the thing-poem was capable of opening up the prospect of returning to credible experiences of meaning. It did this by tying language to the gold standard of what things themselves communicate. Where randomness is disabled, authority should shine forth. ~ Peter Sloterdijk

The mind perceives. The heart expresses. The soul experiences. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Do not worry when situations get bitter. A bitter situation is a better teacher. The greatest lessons in life can least be found in comfort and much more in uncomfortable situations of life. ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

The Secret to Flight

Don't flap your wings so hard. It only exhausts you.

Close your eyes. Lean into the currents, say yes. Let the wind raise you higher and higher. So easy. That's what Eagles do.

Oh, this is the secret to life as well. ~ Kamal Ravikant

If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight. ~ John Lennon

A starry night moon looks at you with admiration because in her eyes you are a star. ~ Debasish Mridha

Wherever you go, go with love, but never leave hope behind. ~ Debasish Mridha

You have to work at it. You have to know God on a very intimate level in order to have the kind of faith that will withstand the storms life throws at you. It's a good thing that we only have to have the amount of a mustard seed. Sometimes that's about all I can find. ~ Lynette Eason

To achieve greatness, let us be helpful and grateful to others. ~ Debasish Mridha

A true friend is a friend for whom life is worth living. ~ Debasish Mridha

My books are mine, and yet they are alien to me
as a child belongs to a parent and yet has a life of its own. I can guide and hope and nudge my characters this and that way, but in the end, they become what they become. I don't always like what they become myself, but like a parent, there are times when I just don't know what to do about it. Other times when I'm so proud of them I could bust. ~ Laura Kinsale

I say, flawless poems do not exist. ~ Ymatruz

doing what makes you happy is not selfish, it's necessary. ~ Zane Baker

Photography has shaped the way I look at the world; it has taught me to look beyond myself and capture the world outside. ~ Lynsey Addario

You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. ~ Harvey Diamond

I think humans might be like butterflies; people die every day without many other people knowing about them, seeing their colors, hearing their stories ... and when humans are broken, they're like broken butterfly wings; suddenly there are so many beauties that are seen in different ways, so many thoughts and visions and possibilities that form, which couldn't form when the person wasn't broken! So it is not a very sad thing to be broken, after all! It's during the times of being broken, that you have all the opportunities to become things unforgettable! Just like the broken butterfly wing that I found, which has given me so many thoughts, in so many ways, has shown me so many words, and imaginations! But butterflies need to know, that it doesn't matter at all if the whole world saw their colors or not! But what matters is that they flew, they glided, they hovered, they saw, they felt, and they knew! And they loved the ones whom they flew with! And that is an existence worthwhile! ~ C. JoyBell C.

The warrior is Here, Now. ~ Dan Millman

He stole glances at the heathen faces of Bodien and Gaylord, the suffering, yet oddly consoled, eyes and mouth of Basellecci, noting the brave enthusiasm of men who had never dreamed of anything very definite, and it occurred to him through the reek of his person that there was only one hope for him, and for all people who had lost, through intelligence, the hope of immortality. "We must love and delight in each other and in ourselves!" he cried. ~ Edward Lewis Wallant

Happiness is transmittable. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Prayer, speaking to the Creator. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I write so that my handful of pebbles, cast daily into still waters, will produce a ripple. ~ Anne Schroeder

The Sun never sets. It is we who rise think to shine. ~ Earle Birney

And the trouble is, if you risk nothing, you risk even more ... ~ Erica Jong