Quotes
and Lines to Live By

Inspiration to start your day
written and/or collected by
Beulah Peyton Bouzane.

"Welcome each new day with freshness and enthusiasm. Great things can be achieved that way.”
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts."
Marcus Aurelius

Keep your face always toward the sunshine
and shadows will fall behind you.

Walt Whitman

“She said she usually cried at least once each day, not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.”

by Brian Andreas

The most important things that happen in our lifetime happen within ourselves.  Whether we see it as misery or joy is our choice.

Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection

This comes from a beautiful, well-grounded, young teenager who is one of the most precious loves in my life:

“Live each day to the fullest
because you never know
when it’s going to end.”

M.E. Bouzane

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

by Hunter S. Thompson

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.

by Brian Andreas

“They may forget what you said – but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

Carl W. Buehner

She said, “I have such a drab personality so I wear bright colours to cover it up.” 
and then she laughed.

Mabel Brennan

Beulah Peyton Bouzane

Beulah Peyton Bouzane

May today
be filled
with
delightful
unknowns

Beulah Peyton Bouzane

Live life
on the edge
of all it was
meant to be

Beulah Peyton Bouzane

Between
friends
there is a 
place for
compassion
and
understanding

Beulah Peyton Bouzane

Live life on the edge of all it was meant to be.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Allow yourself to dance without music.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Friendship is as necessary as breathing and as wonderful as Spring after a very long winter.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
May today be filled with delightful unknowns
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Between friends there is a place for compassion and understanding
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Make the most of your abilities, do the best you can and allow yourself to dream
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
She said, “I hope that in the central place of your heart, you will always feel beauty and hope
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Laughter lingers in the heart like beautiful music.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
A man of few words yet when he spoke people listened for it was worth hearing.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
I woke to such a beautiful sunrise, I didn’t know what to say. So I just said “Thank You”.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
There was something about him. It was in his gentle and quiet presence. Always a twinkle in his eyes and a grin that captured your heart.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
It is in the stillness and silence of your being that you will find strength
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
All the pieces of your life move together to complete whatever puzzle you decide to create.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Beulah

What in the world was I thinking!

origins unknown

NEVER do anything today that you will be ashamed of tomorrow.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“Cup’s only half full most of the time so I like to listen,” he said. "Then I’ll tell a story or two and when I run out of knowing, I listen some more.”
A man named Henry
A Powerful Story
from The BoBo Collection
Do you practice your traditional way of life?” she asked. He said, “Oh, no my dear! I don’t have enough time left to practice so I just live it.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
She said, “There is something magical about the night sky and I have seen so many sunsets. But that was then, and now I long for sunrises.”
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
He said, “Each day is the best day of the rest of my life when I awake to the call of the geese and the loons on the river and you are by my side.”
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
When you feel like life is falling apart, let the laughter in.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Give today the best you have to give for it goes by so quickly and soon becomes a lifetime.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall never be disappointed.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
That day, I stood on the shores of forever and there was peace.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Everyone needs a quiet place,
a place away from all the distractions
a place where you can
just sit awhile and collect your thoughts where you can let your imagination run wild where you can laugh or cry where you can reminisce or plan a place where you can just be.
A Favourite Place!
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
One never knows what lies around the next corner. It is so exciting for the full tapestry of your life has not yet been woven. It is waiting for you to weave as you wish.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
When you have someone who stands by and is there for you – no matter what – someone who cares completely and unconditionally, who listens and provides support – without hesitation – you have a true friend
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
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