Sayings, Poems & Shorts: 2009

Let people bask in your radiance & sunshine.

When u have Knowledge Of Self, can't nobody tell YOU who you are...~Darcel Turner

People remember not what u said or did, but how u made them feel. ~Maya Angelou

As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease.~Kahlil Gibran

Real beauty is not in the "booty". ~Farrakhan

To be closer to God, be closer to people.~Kahlil Gibran

The closer one gets to the light, the bigger the shadow...the further, the smaller the shadow. ~Darcel Turner

Some souls are like sponges. You cannot squeeze anything out of them except what they have sucked from you.~Kahlil Gibran

Guilt is the most unnatural & unsexy emotion man could've made. ~Darcel Turner

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

A grandfather told his grandson about a battle he said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves inside us all. One is anger, evil, hatred & lies. The other is love, peace, kindness, truth & faith. The grandson then asked, "Which wolf wins?" The grandfather replied, "The one you feed" ~Donna Nembhard

By adornment one acknowledges his ugliness.~Kahlil Gibran

An imagination is a terrible thing to waste. ~Darcel Turner

Love is a trembling happiness~Kahlil Gibran

Our acceptance of wrong is progressing our extinction. ~Anya Sundquist

Be careful what you set your heart upon- for it
will surely be yours. ~James A. Baldwin

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love. - Edvard Munch

"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, Listens but doesn't believe, and Leaves before she is left." ~Marilyn Monroe '1950's ..................."A wise girl kisses with indulgence, Listens with a discerning ear and stands with open arms for her love to return"...~Darcel Turner '2010's

It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. -Andre Gide

A singer cannot delight you with his singing unless he himself delights to sing.~Kahlil Gibran

Jealousy denotes poverty.

The truth that needs proof is only half true.~Kahlil Gibran

Free...Let us not be the fish, the catch nor the fisherman, the
catcher...Let us be the ocean! ~Darcel Turner

When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.~Kahlil Gibran

“If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't
been written yet, then you must write it.” ~Toni Morrison

Keep me from the wisdom that does not weep, and the philosophy that does not laugh, and the pride that does not bow its head before a child.~Kahlil Gibran

THE DIFFICULTY WE MEET WITH IN REACHING OUR GOAL IS THE SHORTEST PATH TO IT.

~Kahlil Gibran

Pick A Gender ¤Male ¤ Female ¤Angel ~Darcel Turner

When the earth exhales it gives birth to us. When it inhales death is our lot.~Kahlil Gibran

‎"Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile." ~Paulo Coelho

It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.~ African Proverb

They say blood is thicker than water...sometimes Love is thicker than blood. ~Darcel Turner

That which you think is ugly is but the treachery of the outer directed at the inner self.~Kahlil Gibran

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. ~James Baldwin

Where you are is not Who you are.

Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the fault of others.~Kahlil Gibran

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the
happiest man alive.~Henry Miller(...I am the happiest woman alive.~Darcel Turner)

When affection withers, it intellectualizes.~Kahlil Gibran

Time is an asset. How r
u gonna spend it? ~Mos Def

“We don’t see things as they are, we see

things as we are.” – Anais Nin

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis

Just do it. Be HUMBLE, free the ego. ~Darcel Turner

Love knows not its depth till the hour of separation.~Kahlil Gibran

When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful...

If You Find YaSelf Running in Circles its
Because your Cutting Corners....

Laughter is the best medicine, word!~Darcel Turner

Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts.~Kahlil Gibran

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Going through the struggles & obstacles...still give thanks.~Darcel Turner

Our sorrow over the dead may be a sort of jealousy.~Kahlil Gibran

The womb is God's workshop.~Farrakhan

‎"I'm not alone, I'm
free...I’m me, and I’m like nobody else" ~Lena Horne

When ur up, ur friends know u. When ur down, u
know ur friends. pick ur friends, like u pick ur fruits (choose ORGANIC)!~Darcel Turner

I DON'T CARE what date it is, LOVE could never go out of style!!!

The truth can never be suffocated...sooner or later it will eventually come up and breathe!~Darcel Turner

later it will resurface & breathe. ~ Darcel Turner

The one who disagrees is more talked about than the one who agrees.~Kahlil Gibran

Love Is Me...Love Is You...Love Is Us/We...Love IS...~Darcel Turner

Truthful words aren't always beautiful and
beautiful words aren't always truthful...

“no thought lives in your head rent-free.” Each thought you have will either be an investment or a cost. It will either move you toward happiness and success or away from it. It will either empower you or disempower you. That’s why it is imperative you choose your thoughts and beliefs wisely. T. Harv Eker

SHIFT HAPPENS! (embrace change) ~Darcel Turner

‎"I met a young man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred." - Bob Dylan

STOP getting HURT! KNOW your WORTH. ~Darcel Turner

Praise 2 the families who has family reunions...Woe un2 those who has theirs @ funerals.~Darcel Turner

be sincere or be silent...

If you don't love where you come from, you can't love where you are going.

For the most part, I LOVE MEN! Men are so beautiful to me...Men are more than a $$$ tag or a penis between their legs. Men are God's magnificient creation...Can u see in them, there beats a strong heart and a thriving soul?~Darcel Turner

The World Worships Originality! ~Contessa (in these days & times? i think not)~Darcel Turner

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ~Paulo Coelho

Females are like apples on trees. Best ones are at the top. Some males don't want to reach for the good ones 'cause they're afraid of falling and getting hurt Instead they just settle for the rotten apples that are on the ground which aren't as good but easy. So the apples at the top think there is something wrong with them, when in reality they're amazing! They just have to wait for the right person one who's brave enough to climb to the top.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. ~ Booker T.
Washington

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
~Bruce Lee

"Be yourself, everyone else is taken." ~Oscar Wilde

Sometimes you gotta just say f. it & not care what people think. ~Darce Turner

P.lastic Surgery: Folks need to leave their faces/flesh alone. Get out the damn mirror. Focus on serving. That's a guaranteed UPLIFT...~Darcel Turner