poetry,inspiration Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. For me,you are fresh waterthat falls from treeswhen it has stopped raining. For me, you are cinnamon that lingers on the tongue and givesbitter wordssweetening.For me, you are the scent of violins and visionof valleys smiling.And still,for me, your loveliness never ends.It traverses the worldand finds its way back to me.Only me.

2. Living is no laughing matter:You must take it seriously.So much so and to such a degreethat, for example, your hands tiedbehind your back,your back to the wallor else in a laboratoryin your white coat and safety glasses,you can die for people –even for people whose faces you’venever seen,even though you know livingis the most real, most beautifulthing.I mean, you must take living soseriouslythat even at seventy, for example, you’llplant olive trees –and not for your children, either,but because, although you fear death youdon’t believe it,because living, I mean, weighs heavier.- "On Living

3. My best testimonies are from the times I thought I couldn't survive. Journey to Legacy: A Poetic Timeline of My Life

4. Sand lines my soul which is filled with the breath of the ocean.

5. The poet dreams of the mountainSometimes I grow weary of the days, with all their fits and starts.I want to climb some old gray mountains, slowly, takingThe rest of my lifetime to do it, resting often, sleepingUnder the pines or, above them, on the unclothed rocks.I want to see how many stars are still in the skyThat we have smothered for years now, a century at least.I want to look back at everything, forgiving it all,And peaceful, knowing the last thing there is to know.All that urgency! Not what the earth is about!How silent the trees, their poetry being of themselves only.I want to take slow steps, and think appropriate thoughts.In ten thousand years, maybe, a piece of the mountain will fall. Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

6. There's two kinds of women--those you write poems about and those you don't.

7. We must experience certain things in life, even in our childhood, so we can later look back and value the journey. Journey to Legacy: A Poetic Timeline of My Life

8. whatever you dobe gentle with yourself.you don’t just livein this worldor your homeor your skin.you also livein someone’s eyes.

9. Where are You Now? I was there whilst you cried,I was there to comfort you with smile,I was there to give you a hand,when all faith was lost. I was there to open doors of opportunities,I was there to share my passion for life,I was there to feed you,when you were hungry. I was there to listen to your turmoil,I was there to lift your spiritwhen you were broken.I was there when you were ill and alone. I was there when you were betrayed,lied to and ridiculed.I was there to understand,to care and to share. I was there …to play, to sing, to dance,to write, to love, to create and innovate.I was there … Where are you now? …by Natasha Parker Natasha a Journey to Freedom, Love and Happiness

10. Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?

11. won't you celebrate with mewhat i have shaped intoa kind of life? i had no model.born in babylonboth nonwhite and womanwhat did i see to be except myself?i made it uphere on this bridge betweenstarshine and clay,my one hand holding tightmy other hand; come celebratewith me that everydaysomething has tried to kill meand has failed.

12. You are an Universe of Universes and your soul a source of songs.