Words of wisdom… Or just fun sayings that make you say mmmm?

As I meet people during my adventures and listen to their words shared with me, I will pass on these gems of the moment.

• Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being suffering. Nothing. Not career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we’re going to survive with dignity. ~ Audrey Hepburn
• “To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.” ~ Bob Marley

• Trust (in a relationship) is taking your heart and placing it at the others feet…

• “He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.” ~ Bob Marley

• “You are not the voice in your head… You are the one listening to the voice in your head.”

• “Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.” ~ Bob Marley

• “The only man I was ever afraid of, was a woman” – Pablo Escobar

• “If everything you do while living dies with you, your vision was too small…”

• “If you choose money over love, you will always be poor” … ~ Bob Marley

• “The trips you plan the least tend to give you the most”

• “I want to live however briefly, knowing life is finite as mortality gives meaning to human life…” ~ Commander Data, Star Trek Picard

• “If the United States does not destroy ignorance, ignorance will destroy the United States.” ~ Los Angeles Urban League

• “A mind that is stretched by new experiences, can never go back to its old dimensions.”

• “You can’t change the whether, but you can change how you feel about it.” ~ Fred Weaver IV

• “When you’re dreaming with a broken heart, waking up is the hardest part.” ~ John Mayer

• “There’s a thin line between a sermon and a hostage situation” ~ Pastor at Praise City Church, Los Angeles

• “The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.” ~ Bob Marley

• “I am dying as I have lived: beyond my means” ~ Oscar Wilde

• “Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, and great minds talk about ideas.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

• “A mistake made more than once is a decision.” ~ Paulo Coelho

• “Don’t let your Inability to do everything stop you from doing anything ” ~ Emanuel Acho

• Peace. It does not mean to be a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. ~ Unknown

• “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~ Leo Tolstoy

• “Hate is too great a burden to bear, I have decided to love.” ~ Martin Luther king Jr. 

• “I never regret, I never forget, but I still love” ~ Frances Taylor Davis

• “No one cares what you know… till they know you care” ~ Emanuel Acho

• “Love is like a fart… If you have to force it, it’s shit. ~ unknown

• “Don’t let someone change who you are, to become what they need.” ~ Unknown

• “Love in this world is hard to find, when you’ve got yours and I got mine.” ~ Janis Joplin

• “Those that never change their mind never change anything…” ~ Winston Churchill

• “The perfection is in the imperfection”

• “It’s great to have a plan, until you get punched in the face…” ~ Mike Tyson

• I’ve always had a hard time receiving gifts. Then my dad dropped this quote on me… “To be overly mindful of a gift is to doubt the generosity of the giver.” ~ Fred Weaver III

• “Having something to lose [love, relationship] is what makes life worth living.”

• “Instead of complaining that the Rose bush is full of thorns, be happy the thorn bush has roses.” ~ Proverb

• The power of intention: “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change.” ~ Wayne Dyer

• Everything you want is just on the other side of fear…

• If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.

• Don’t strive to be successful. Strive to be significant.

• R U living with purpose… check up on yourself in the areas of: family, friends, faith, fitness, finance.

• “Don’t short change your future with your past.”

• “If you even think about beating me, you better wake up and apologize.” ~ Muhammad Ali

• “Make it so…” ~ Capt. Jean Luc Picard

• “The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.” ~ Henry W. Longfellow

• Happiness = “The joy you feel while striving for potential”

• “Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.” ~ Shirley MacLaine

• Life decides who you meet in your life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life. ~ unknown

• The scariest moment is always just before you start. ~ Stephen King

• Character is higher than intellect.

• A great soul will be strong to live as well to think ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Be Yourself… Everyone else is taken.

• The first step towards happiness is often the hardest.

• On giving your opinion: A wise person doesn’t need it, and a fool won’t listen.

• Hanging with my pops: “In the face of dealing with adversity, always remember who you are.” ~ Fred Weaver lll

• “This life is but a moment, get all the good out of it you can.” ~ Madea

• It’s difficult to follow your dream. It’s a tragedy not to.

• Life sometimes can be a tough teacher, it gives you the exam then teaches you the lesson.

• I’m not hate’n, I’m just state’n…

• Music is the universal language of the soul

• Whatever you do… Make it funky… ~ James Brown

• Live. Laugh. Love.

• The world according to Kam…“Grilled spinach, black and pinto beans in the morning is a must… Helps with the digestive system. If you are not sweating… You are not eating”

• “Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do…” ~ Rev Run of Run DMC