Pearls of Wisdom...

... from the Class of 2012.

Here is a random sampling of some "inspirational" quotes included in various senior blurbs that I read while reviewing this year's yearbook for our suburban, middle class town.
Enjoy...

"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you are riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put up your vision to reality. Wake up and live!" - Bob Marley

"Take what you can from your dreams; make them as real as anything" - Dave Matthews Band

"Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words. Wheel to the storm and fly. Faring thee well now. Let your life proceed by its own design. Nothing to tell now. Let the words be yours. I'm done with mine." - Grateful Dead

"Live every moment, Love beyond words, Laugh everyday"

"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."

"You only live once" - Drake

"The past can hurt. You can either run from it or learn from it." - The Lion King

"Every story has an end. But in life, every ending is just a new beginning." - Uptown Girls

"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." - The Godfather Part II

"How about I just got eat some hay. I could make things out of clay, and lay by the bay, I just may, what d'ya say?" - Happy Gilmore

"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again.Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it." - Oprah Winfrey

"If you never try, you'll never know just what you're worth." - Coldplay

"If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane." - Jimmy Buffett

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened" - Dr. Suess (a total of 8 people used this quote in their blurb)

"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" - Dr. Suess

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where to go." - Dr. Suess (x3)

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end" - Seneca

"We in the same picture but we all got different poses" - Lil Wayne

"Live the life you love. Love the life you live." - Bob Marley

"Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right." - Carrie Bradshaw

"There comes a time when life gets off course. In this desperate moment you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on the path while others tell you who you are? Or will you label yourself? Will you be honored by your choice? Or will you embrace your new path? Each morning you choose to move forward or to simply give up." - One Tree Hill

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney (x2)

"You find out that life is just a game of inches. Because in life the margin for error is so small. I mean one half step too late or too early you don't quite make it. One half second too slow or too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They are in every break of the game, every minute, ever second. That's all it is. Now what are we going to do?" - Any Given Sunday

"We must be swift as a coursing river, with all the force of a great typhoon, with all the strength of a raging fire, mysterious as the dark side of the moon." - Mulan

"You got to put your behind in your past." - The Lion King

"'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony that's life." - The Verve

"Life's what you make it, so let's make it rock." - Hannah Montana

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" - Dr. Suess (x5)

"The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed" - Eminem

"Everything happens for a reason" - Marilyn Monroe

"To change the world with one step, However small, first step is hardest of all. Once you get your gait, you'll be walking tall. You said you never did, cause you might die trying." - Dave Matthews Band

"Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying and believe in yourself!" - Marilyn Monroe

"If you ain't first, you're last." - Ricky Bobby

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"Love the one you got 'cause you might get run over or you might get shot." - Sublime

"Let's get together and feel alright." - Bob Marley

"This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up." - Marilyn Monroe

"Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about." - Marilyn Monroe

"Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy." - Dr. Kelso, Scrubs