Favorite Quotes » Gifts

Something Special About You

Kelley Taylor — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:20:37 +0000

“There’s something special about all of us. Know what that is, and work to that strength.”

- Arsenio Hall, on Oprah’s OWN TV Show 1/2011

Discover Your Potential

Kelley Taylor — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:08:07 +0000

“Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is.”

- President Barack Obama

Value Your Gifts

Kelley Taylor — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:47:36 +0000

“Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.”

- Franz Kafka

open your present

Kelley Taylor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:14:30 +0000

“Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.”

- Ruth Ann Schabacker

cultivate your gifts

Kelley Taylor — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:04:49 +0000

“I want to continue to grow. To me the biggest sin of all sins is to be given a gift a talent because it’s actually a gift from God. To take that and not cultivate it, and make it grow, that’s the biggest sin in the world.”

- Michael Jackson

october 1981 Ebony magazine

RIP Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

Intuition

Kelley Taylor — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:51:12 +0000

“Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.”

- Angela Monet

Measuring Up

Kelley Taylor — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:53:19 +0000

“The only person you need to measure yourself up against in the person you have the potential to become.”

- Michael Berg

Quotes from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Kelley Taylor — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:40:56 +0000

“Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward.” - [from the trailer]

“You never know what’s coming for you.”

“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.”

“I want to remember us, just as we are now.”

“In the end, you have to let go.”

“I look a lot older than I really am.”

“We are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss”

“You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.”

“We were meant to lose people. How else would we know how important they are?”

“Have I ever told you I’ve been struck by lightning seven times?”

“Along the way you bump into people who make a dent on your life. Some people get struck by lightning. Some are born to sit by a river. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim the English Channel. Some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people can dance.”

The letter to his daughter (submitted by Amanda)

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”

Benjamin Button: I was thinking how nothing last, and what a shame that is.
Daisy: Some things last.

Try Harder

Kelley Taylor — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:30:22 +0000

“In this hustle and bustle world we live in it takes creativity and resourcefulness to give a gift from the heart.”

- Sherry Nicholson, Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

Sharing with Others

kelleytaylor — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:43:52 +0000

“The only gift is a portion of thyself.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson