Found it in the book "On Death and Dying" by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them.

Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.

Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield but to my own strength.

Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom.

Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone; but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.

-- Rabindranath Tagore, Fruit-Gathering

Janis Joplin

"I don't understand why half the world is still crying, man, when the other half of the world is still crying too, man, I cant get it together. If you got a cat for one day, man I mean, if you, say, say, if you want a cat for 365 days, right you ain't got him for 365 days, you got him for one day, man.

"Well I tell you that one day man, better be your life, man. Because, you know, you can say, oh man, you can cry about the other 364, man, but you're gonna lose that one day, man, and that's all you've got. you gotta call that love, man. That's what it is, man.

"If you got it today you don't want it tomorrow, man, cause you don't need it, cause as a matter of fact, as we discovered in the train, tomorrow never happens, man.

"It's all the same fucking day, man."

- Janis Joplin, "Ball & Chain"

I don't remember where I saw this, but I really like it

If you label me, you negate me.

— Soren Kierkegaard

As read by Maria Shriver at Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2nd Inauguration as Governor of CA

“You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things to be considered…Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right relation? Where is your water?

“Know your garden. It is time to speak your Truth. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader.

“Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, ‘This could be a good time!’

“There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are torn apart and will suffer greatly.

“Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.

“The time for the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from you attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

- Attributed to an unnamed Hopi Elder

Hopi Nation

From the Rayne Watersystems billboard that I pass on the 78 freeway in CA

We don't get what we want. We get what we are.

- Unknown

An Original

There are no impossibilities, only excuses.

- Jordan Jubela

The Goal Belongs in the Beginning

Focus on the end, have faith and take the first step.

- Unknown

What Sarah Said

"But I’m thinking of what Sarah said
That love is watching someone die

So who’s gonna watch you die?"

- Death Cab for Cutie