I'm getting married today!

Since I'm getting married today... this blog post has to be really kick ass! Obviously, The Notebook has to used. 

"I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've lead a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough."

-The Notebook




"Well, that's what we do. We fight. You tell me when I'm being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you're being a pain in the ass. Which you are 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a two second rebound rate and you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing. So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. And we're gonna have to work at this every day. But I want to do that, because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day."
-The Notebook

Jacob likes to use this reference with me, for example, "If i'm a rock, then you're a rock." Not quite as romantic, but I'll take it. 

"I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."

-Rita Rudner

"Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences."

-Isadora Duncan

"A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted." 

-Helen Rowland

excepting no excuses? I'll get back to you...

"There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results."
-unknown


"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises."
-Mae West


"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal- a commitment to excellence- that will enable you at attain success you seek."
-Mario Andretti


"The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt."
-Dr. Rollo May


"To increase your effectiveness, make your emotions subordinate to your commitments." 

-Brian Koslow

there are lots of way to say the same thing

I dedicate this post to the best TV show ever

"Mom, Listen, I haven't been together with Topanga for twenty-two years, but we have been together for sixteen. 'Kay, that's a lot longer than most couples have been together. I mean, when we were born, you told me that we used to take walks in our strollers together in the park. When we were two, we were best friends, I mean, I, I knew everything about this girl. I knew her favorite color. I knew her favorite food. Then we became six, you know, and Eric made fun of me because it wasn't cool to have a best friend that was a girl or even know a girl, so for the next seven years I threw dirt at her. I like to call those "the lost years". Then when I was thirteen, Mom, she put me up against my locker and she kissed me. I mean, she gave me my first kiss. She taught me how to dance. She was always talking about these crazy things and I never understood a word she said. All I understood was that she was the girl I sat up every night thinking about, and when I'm with her I feel happy to be alive. Like I can do anything. Even talk to you like this. So that's, that's what I feel is love, Mom... When I'm better because she's here."    -Cory Matthews





"We're all a little weird & when we find those people whose weirdness is compatible we join up with them & fall into a mutually satisfying weirdness & call them our best friends."   -Cory Matthews

"Ever since I was young, I never really understood anything about the world. And I never understood anything that happened in my life. The only thing that ever made any sense to me was you. And how I felt about you. That's all I've ever known. And that's enough for the rest of my life."  -Cory Matthews

the illusion of choice

"The will is never free -- it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car -- it can't steer."

-Joyce Carey 

"What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change."

-Madeleine Albright

my realization

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
-unknown




“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.” 
 -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe






“Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg.”






“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”  -Napoleon Hill






“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”  -Mae West






“Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it”   - Mahatma Gandhi 

messy, yet beautiful life quotes