An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success. 

If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is.

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life. 

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense. 

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.

These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

Take someone who doesn’t keep score, who’s not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he’s free.

The spirit is so near that you can’t see it! But reach for it… don’t be a jar, full of water, whose rim is always dry. Don’t be the rider who gallops all night and never sees the horse that is beneath him.

The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots.

By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself.

In the blackest of your moments, wait with no fear.

Let silence be the art you practice.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.

What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.

Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.

Ceasing to do evil, cultivating the good, purifying the heart: this is the teaching of the Buddhas.

Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.

Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

People with opinions just go around bothering each other.

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

The root of suffering is attachment.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.

Give, even if you only have a little.

She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.

A strong woman is one who is able to smile this morning like she wasn’t crying last night.

At 70 years old if I could give my younger self one piece of advice, it would be to use the words ‘fuck off’ much more frequently. 

Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.

Strong women don’t play the victim. Don’t make themselves look pitiful and don’t point fingers. They stand and they deal.

She was a wild one; always stomping on eggshells that everyone else tip-toed on.

She’s a strong cup of black coffee in a world that is drunk on the cheap wine of shallow love.

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says “Oh crap, she’s up!

Strong women aren’t simply born. We are forged through the challenges of life. With each challenge we grow mentally and emotionally. We move forward with our head held high and a strength that cannot be denied. A woman who’s been through the storm and survived. We are warriors.

I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me.

I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story – I will.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, I’ll always get up after I fall. And whether I run, walk or have to crawl, I’ll set my goals and achieve them all.

I’m not someone who can be controlled. I want someone who will watch me do my thing and be like “that’s my girl.”

She’s badass with a good heart, soft but strong. Unapologetic and honest. She’s the type of women you go to war beside, the type of woman you marry.

I know what I bring to the table. So trust me when I say I’m not afraid to eat alone.

Sometimes, it takes balls to be a woman. – Unknown

You can tell who the strong women are. They are the ones you see building one another up instead of tearing each other down.

If my strength intimidates you, I hope you realize that’s a weakness of yours. – Unknown

I am a strong woman. Everything that’s hit me in life I’ve dealt with on my own. I’ve cried myself to sleep. Picked myself back up and wiped my own tears. I have grown from things meant to break me. I get stronger by the day and I have God to thank for that. – Unknown

You must know that you can do this. You are strong. You will make it. Just hang on and keep believing yourself always.

Stay strong. Make them wonder how you’re still smiling. – Unknown

Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that you career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.

She wore her scars as her best attire. A stunning dress made of hellfire.

There’s fire in her. If loved correctly she will warm your entire home. If abused she will burn it down.

Forgive those who insult you, attack you, belittle you or take you for granted. But more than this, forgive yourself for allowing them to hurt you. – Unknown

Some women are lost in the fire. Some women are built from it.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention.

A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.

She’s a simple woman, made to look complicated by a man who isn’t man enough to provide the things she deserves.

You’re gonna be happy” said life, “but first I’ll make you strong.

The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce. Women of indomitable will.

Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.

Beneath every strong, independent woman lies a broken little girl who had to learn how to get back up and to never depend on anyone. – Unknown

Be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of someone else.

I am not a difficult woman at all. I am simply a strong woman and know my worth. – Unknown

A strong woman will automatically stop trying if she feels unwanted. She won’t fix it or beg, she’ll just walk away. – Unknown

Life has knocked me down a few times, it showed me things I never wanted to see. I experienced sadness and failures. But one thing for sure, I always get up. – Unknown

Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water.

She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. – Unknown

Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst. Be that fearless girl the one would dare to do anything. Be that independent girl, who doesn’t need a man. Be that girl who never backed down. – Unknown

I am proud of the woman I am today, because I went through one hell of a time becoming her. – Unknown

And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.

Never apologize for being a powerful woman. – Unknown

Be a strong woman. So your daughter will have a role model and your son will know what to look for in a woman when he’s a man. – Unknown

A strong woman loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, and perseveres… not matter what life throws at her. – Unknown

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.

I’m tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, Okay.

A strong woman is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely. Her tears flow as abundantly as her laughter. A strong woman is both soft and powerful, she is both practical and spiritual. A strong woman in her essence is a gift to the world.

A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else. – Unknown

We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. 

I don’t need paradise because I found you. I don’t need dreams because I already have you. – Unknown

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride.

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.

To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.

You know you’re in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because the reality is finally better than your dreams.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Together with you is my favorite place to be. – Unknown

And then my soul saw you and it kind of went, “Oh, there you are. I’ve been looking all over for you. – Unknown

When I wake up in the morning, I am thinking of you. When I go to sleep at night, I am thinking of you. And all those hours in between, I think of us. – Unknown

The only thing we never get enough of is love, and the only thing we never give enough of is love.

I’ll never ask you to change for me because you are perfect just the way you are. – Unknown

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

I may not be your first date, kiss or love…but I want to be your last everything. – Unknown

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

This morning I awoke and was reminded of the preciousness of life. I realized I should express my gratitude to those who are so very important to me. Thank you for all you have done and have a great day! – Unknown

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.

I am so totally, completely, overwhelmingly, eye-poppingly, life-changingly, spectacularly, passionately, and deliciously in love with you.” – Unknown

If I did anything right in my life it was when I gave my heart to you. – Unknown

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Thank you for always being my rainbow after the storm. – Unknown

In this crazy world, full of change and chaos, there is one thing of which I am certain, one thing which does not change: my love for you. – Unknown

You know its love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of their happiness.

I can’t stop thinking about you, today… tomorrow… always. – Unknown

This morning I awoke and was reminded of the preciousness of life. I realized I should express my gratitude to those who are so very important to me. Thank you for all you have done and have a great day! – Unknown

My heart is perfect because you are in it. – Unknown

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.

I’ve fallen in love many times…always with you. – Unknown

You are my paradise and I would happily get stranded on you for a lifetime. – Unknown

I love you for all that you are, all that you have been and all that you will be. – Unknown

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.

Love is not about how many days, weeks or months you’ve been together, it’s all about how much you love each other every day. – Unknown

You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had.

Everywhere I look I am reminded of your love. You are my world. – Unknown

I went to sleep last night with a smile because I knew I’d be dreaming of you… but I woke up this morning with a smile because you weren’t a dream. – Unknown

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.

You are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep and the first thought when I wake up each morning. – Unknown

My six-word love story: I can’t imagine life without you. – Anonymous

You are nothing short of my everything. – Unknown

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

You are the source of my joy, the center of my world and the whole of my heart. – Unknown

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

You have found true love when you realize that you want to wake up beside your love every morning even when you have your differences. – Unknown

To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Don’t underestimate the other guy’s greed! – Tony Montana

Don’t get high on your own supply. – Tony Montana

You need people like me so you can’t point your fuckin’ fingers and say, ‘That’s the bad guy.’ – Tony Montana

I kill a communist for fun, but for a green card, I gonna carve him up real nice. – Tony Montana

You’re gonna find, if you stay loyal in this business, you’re gonna move up. – Tony Montana

You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked! – Tony Montana

So, you want to dance, Frank, or do you want to sit there and have a heart attack? – Elvira Hancock

All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don’t break them for no one. – Tony Montana

You need people like me so you can point your fuckin’ fingers and say ‘That’s the bad guy! – Tony Montana

You think you can take me? You need a fucking army if you gonna take me! – Tony Montana

I work hard for this. I want you to know that. – Tony Montana

You a communist? Huh? How’d you like it, man? They tell you all the time what to do, what to think, what to feel. Do you wanna be like a sheep? – Tony Montana

With the right woman, there’s no stopping me. I could go right to the top. – Tony Montana

The guys that last in this business, are the guys who fly straight. Low-key, quiet. But the guys who want it all, chicas, champagne, flash… they don’t last. – Frank Lopez

Every day above ground is a good day. – Mel Bernstein

Lesson number one: Don’t underestimate the other guy’s greed! – Frank Lopez

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.” – Tony Montana

Okay, here’s the story. I come from the gutter. I know that. I got no education but that’s okay. I know the street, and I’m making all the right connections. With the right woman, there’s no stopping me. I could go right to the top.” – Tony Montana

Who put this thing together? Me, that’s who! Who do I trust? Me!  – Tony Montana

In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.  – Tony Montana

You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!” (Tony shoots) – Tony Montana

Anything I do, I want to do it well.

You have to hurt in order to know. Fall in order to grow. Lose in order to gain. Because most of life’s lessons are learned in pain.

Keep grindin’ boy, your life can change in one year, And even when it’s dark out, the sun is shining somewhere.

People congratulate me. I just tell them God is good.

One thing you should know about me is I never play to lose. Always aim high and rarely obey the rules.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

I’d rather be happy being myself than sad trying to please everyone else.

You are perfect exactly as you are. With all your flaws and problems, there’s no need to change anything. All you need to change is the thought that you aren’t good enough.

Sometimes our dreams come true, sometimes our fears do too.

They say time is money but really, it’s not. If we ever go broke, time is all we got.

Take a chance, because you never know how perfect something can turn out.

If you ain’t aim too high, then you aim too low!

Anything’s possible, you gotta dream like you never seen obstacles.

To appreciate the sun, you gotta know what rain is.

It’s beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success.

Never give up until you’ve given out all your very best. It’s better to fail trying, than wondering what could have happened if you tried.

I keep my head high, I got my wings to carry me. I don’t know freedom, I want my dreams to rescue me.

We got dreams and we got the right to chase ’em.

Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

Middle sister. Victim of our older sibling. Tormentor of our younger sibling and somehow, peace keeper between the both of them.

My sister brightens a day just by being herself.

You and I are sisters. Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up… as soon as I finish laughing.

If you mess with the big sister, there is always a younger, crazier sister behind her… That’s who you don’t wanna mess with!

If you don’t understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child.

Yes, I do have the best sister in the world. It’s just that she’s crazy and she scares me a little bit.

Best friend? Nah, she’s my sister.

Sister, did you know good friends come and go but a sister and her wardrobe are for life. Can I borrow your blacktop?

A sister just gets it.

All you need is love… and a sister.

Sister. She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway.

I love my sister. She is simply amazing and I just couldn’t imagine my life without her.

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.

Behind every little sister there’s a big sister standing behind her holding a bat saying “You wanna say that again?

A loyal sister (who knows martial arts) is worth a thousand friends.

I loved you too much to just be your friend. So God made me your sister.

Sisters make the bad times good and the good times unforgettable.

Our paths may change as life goes along but our bond as sisters will remain ever strong.

Because I have a sister I will always have a friend – a friend I can borrow money without paying it back.

Side by side or miles apart we are sisters connected by the heart.

Sister – a person who’s been where you’ve been; someone you can call when things aren’t going right; is more than just family; a sister is a forever friend.

Two are better than one… for if they fall one will lift up the other.

Sister, you are like my angel, with a love that always glows. You are one of greatest gifts my heart will ever know.

Hey, sister. Just want you to know that I love you to the moon and back.

Sisters are like fat thighs: they stick together.

Sisters are like angels. They sparkle twinkle and glow, they are the greatest gift our hearts will ever know.

As your sister please always remember… I loved you yesterday. I love you still. I always have. I always will.

Sisters are special. From young ones to old. God gave me a sister. More precious than gold.

Sisters are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

A little sister time is good for the soul.

Sisters take care of each other, watch out for each other, comfort for each other and are there for each other through thick and thin.

The greatest gift our parents ever gave us was each other.

Sister to sister we will always be, a couple of nuts off the family tree.

Back off! I have a sister and I’m not afraid to use her.

Sisters don’t need words. They have perfected their own secret language of smiles, sniffs, sighs, gasps, winks and eye rolls.

Sisters are blessed with an extra sense that whispers when the other needs them.

You think I’m crazy? You should see my sister!

The only thing better than having you as my sister is my children having you as their aunt.

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. I am the hand and you are the foot… because you smell.

We’re sisters. You’re my family what is you is me. There’s nothing that you could ever say to make me let go. I love you.

Sister and friend. Two words that mean the same thing.

She’s my sister, my best friend, my soul mate and the best part of me.

Sisters are for sharing laughter and wiping tears. – Unknown

There is no better friend than a sister. And there is no better sister than you. – Unknown

A sister is God’s way of proving he doesn’t want us to walk alone. – Unknown

Being sisters means you always have back up. – Unknown

When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.

When traveling life’s journey it’s good to have a sister’s hand to hold on to. – Unknown

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

Don’t let a day of the week have so much power over your happiness. Happy Monday!

Morning is an important time of day because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

I’m convinced that God gave us Mondays to punish us for the things we did over the weekend… – Unknown

When you wake up every morning, let thanksgiving be your first thought.

I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, “aw shit, he’s up!