The will to do, the soul to dare. ~Sir Walter Scott

BAD! Kitty Art Studio

Quotes for the day

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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

~Theodore Roosevelt

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Hope is a state of mind, not of the world . . . Either we have hope or we don't; it is a dimension of the soul, and it's not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation. Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, and orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons ... Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather and ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more propitious the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper the hope is. Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

~Vaclav Havel

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I am the master in my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

~W.E. Henley

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I have not been feeling the call of my blog of late. Life isn't always full of stories to tell and I have been tired a lot of late. I think I am taking a break from the blog for right now...I need to concentrate on my work and myself for a bit...so I may not post as often for a little while. The computer is not getting my work done or meeting my emotional needs at the moment...so I step back and let life happen...enjoy the ride as much as possible and take it as it comes.

These are the quotes that I will be working with today in studio, inspiration for the journey ahead.

I hope that you enjoy them too.

Heather

www.badkittyartstudio.com