To discover the thing you're brilliant at you first have to endure realizing all the things you're average at.

I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy.

I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up I stand on mountain tops believing that avalanches will teach me to let go I know nothing but I am here to learn.

The tiniest dream that you make happen is worth more than the biggest dream that you never attempt.

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

Look at an avalanche, and see that we are at our most powerful when we let go. Look at a flower, and see that we are at our most beautiful when we open up.

If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.

We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity

Our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act that has less to do with pain and more to do with beauty.

I have loved this life. I smile because I have tiny dreams that play hopscotch at the corners of my mouth. And every time I breathe they float, every time I laugh, they fly kites.

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

Plan strategically and strike it once to win. You can achieve maximum dues with minimum dice if only you are willing to clearly calculate and throw your efforts with optimism!

The fact that God is infinite makes the study of His Word a lifetime occupation.

The Socialist system requires that each individual act out of selfless, altruistic motives. It sounds nice, but the only way that could happen is if Man were innately centered on others.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

When I really get invested in something, the one thing that really disappoints me is when it breaks its own rules.

I'm just not interested in daytime television, which is something you should remember the next time somebody offers you a daytime talk show.

Become the person you were meant to be, light your inner fire and follow your heart's desire.

Walt Shaub is a dedicated public servant, has come up through the ranks under both Democrats and Republicans.

i am the wind. one day, i will fly free