Tim

I’m looked down on by some and downright revered by others. I am a crazy, irresponsible party animal to some and a with-it over-achiever to others. At times I’m outgoing and the life of the party, and at others, I’m perfectly content to be alone and un-bothered by the rest of the world. I’m a wanderer, a motivator, an activist, a protector, a caretaker, a bully (in traffic), a musician, an artist, a thrill-seeker, a leader, a follower, a philosopher, a lover (and a fighter). I’m both rich and poor; blessed and cursed; motivated and un-motivated - all at the same time. In my family, I’m the gay one, the wild one, the lush, the college student, and the single bachelor of the bunch.
In short, I am a black sheep.
QUOTES:
"Don't be reckless with other peoples' hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours."
"Don't waste your time on jealously. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself."
"Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own."
(this is one of my personal favorites) "Our own painful struggle for existence sometimes destroys our feeling for the misery of those who have remained behind."
"Without challenge there is no achievement."
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail."
"Carpe Diem" - "Seize the Day"
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin
"When it comes to livin, dyin's the easy part" (sometimes)
"...if money cant buy happiness, I'll rent it" - Danny Fricken K. (modified Weird Al quote)
When in doubt about whether to attempt anything daring, adventurous, or unknown in your life, just do it. It is better to have tried and failed at something than never to have tried in the first place. - Chris Kostman
"Rush Limbah did so many drugs Courtney LOVE would say 'Ya know what, I cant. I gotta work tomorrow.'" – Margaret Cho
"...they have no right to call themselves Christians because they have no Christianity to them - they have no kindness, they have no compassion, they have no charity. I want Jesus to come back and say 'THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!!'" - Margaret Cho a.k.a. the Fag Whisperer
" Actualizing potentiality is the key to excellence and happiness." -unknown
Foolishness is getting upset over that which you have no control over. -general Stoic philosophy
"In general, all that the soul attempts or endures when under the guidance of wisdom ends in happiness..." - Socrates
"...by doing the acts that we do in the presence of danger, and being habituated to feel fear or confidence, we become brave or cowardly." - Aristotle
"...we feel anger and fear without choice." - Aristotle
"It is the nature of such things to be destroyed by defect and excess, as we see in the case of strength and of health; both excessive and defective exercise destroys the strength, and similarly drink or food which is above or below a certain amount destroys the health, while that which is proportionate both produces and increases and preserves it. So too is it, then, in the case of temperance and courage and other virtues. For the man who flies from and fears everything and does not stand his ground against anything becomes a coward, and the man who fears nothing at all but goes to meet every danger becomes rash...temperance and courage, then, are destroyed by excess and defect, and preserved by the mean." - Aristotle
"For moral excellence is concerned with pleasures and pains; it is on account of the pleasure that we do bad things, and on account of the pain that we abstain from the noble ones." - Aristotle
"We regard self-sufficiency as a great good, not so that we may enjoy only a few things, but so that, if we do not have many, we may be satisfied with the few, being firmly persuaded that they take the greatest pleasure in luxury who regard it as least needed, and that everything that is natural is easily provided, while vain pleasures are hard to obtain. Indeed, simple sauces bring a pleasure equal to that of lavish banquets..." - Epicurus
"If what goes around comes around, then I should be getting a shitload!" - me :-)
"If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." - Marilyn Monroe
"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it." - George Washington (my view on gun laws)
Why do we let the one thing we dont have affect how we feel about the things we do have?"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone." - Henrik Ibsen
"All great achievements arose from dissatisfaction. It is the desire to do better - to dig deeper - that propels a civilization to greatness." - unknown
(one that's particularly hard to live by) "He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." -Buddha