So Do You. Quotes
The Irish way of telling a story is a complex and elaborate one, complete with wild exaggerations, a certain delight in improbable fantasy, and a heightened sense of drama.
It could have happened lots of ways. But this is the way it happened. This is the path we took. This is our story.
Now is the only time you have. Change is happening. Give up your desire to control the world
I felt like I wasn’t living thoroughly enough — I was distracted in ways I wouldn’t be if I’d been born in 1929.
Life and love generate effort, but effort will not generate them.
Walk away from gossip and verbal defamation. Speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.
Live life as an observer but not a spectator. Learn the rules, get in the game, break some rules. Live. Experience. There is no exhilaration to be achieved sitting on the bench.
We are leashed by societal norms, defined by our willingness to conform, but limited only by our imagination.
You’re going to make something wonderful of yourself. I promise.You’re doing just fine.
Clarity is a sign of intellectual energy.
Make a concise statement clearly and you should only need to say it once.
All conversation, big or small, is about painting word pictures of your experiences for other people. The more
....and I'll know that this is what you live for - to hear someone say. "Let's go home, " to hear someone you love call your name.
Home isn't just a house or a city or a place
I knew you were the one when I realized your smile was my heaven, your laugh my favorite song, and your arms my home.
When you are born--what you are born into, the place, the history of the place, how that history mates with your own-- stamps who you are, whatever the pundits of globalisation have to say.
Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.
The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control.
I wanted to say "don't leave me, " but I'm so tired of begging people to stay.
I hope these simple things are what I forever love about life, for then I will be happy no matter where I find myself.
I loved you when I was eight. I loved you when I was twelve. I loved you when I was twenty, and I... I love you now.
They all had their own struggles and stories to tell and they al made it to this point, happy and in love.
Pleasure can impact your happiness for better or worse, but it is not happiness.
I looked like someone who'd had a night, and had a story to tell about it.
I loved you even when you forgot me.And—for a little while—you loved me back.
Maybe we should remember to smile more often. You know, just for the sake of smiling.
You still don’t get it, Clark, do you?’ I couldhear the smile in his voice. ‘It’s not your choice.
Young men do not respect girls they can take advantage of - and they do not as easily take advantage of girls they respect.
From the moment I could even understand what “respect” was I knew it was not a choice but the ONLY option.
It's not the number of contacts you cultivate but the diversity and depth of connections that leverage your opportunity to use best talents more often to accomplish more.
The traits that bother you in other people are the Coping Skills they developed automatically, as a result of their life experience.
The healthy life: It’s not just about losing the weight
The way you live each day is a sentence in the story of your life. Every day, you make the choice whether the sentence ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.
So you know what mean when I say that I don't think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You're just pulled to that person like true north, whether it's good for you or bound to break your heart.
I think that time might be different for young people. The minutes longer, stronger, more vibrant.
She had yet to actually call him by his real name. The psychologist in him had all kinds of theories as to why. The man in him wanted to hear her say it. Just once.
If we were teenagers, I could kiss you. But I’m on a platform behind a counter wearing a name tag and we’re too old to be young.
