Jim Henson citations

“There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.”

“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.”

“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.”

“My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.”

“No time is wasted time”

“Honestly, I've been making up everything as I go. When you're riding the ice pony, you see a lot of talking frogs.”

“[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.”

“Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.”

“The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.”

“Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”

“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”

“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.”

“Simple is good.”

“Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!”

“It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.”

“Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.”

“I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best.”

“Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.”

“Yes, its one of the basic truths of the universe,…. Things don't disappear. They just change, and change and change again.”

“Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.”

“Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on an evening star? Somebody thought of it and someone believed it, and look what its done so far.”

“I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.”

“If you can't beat them. Join them”

“We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside… Inside.”

“I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems”

“I hope that something better comes along.”

“The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.”

“I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.”

“Watch out for the icy patch”