That Is Life. Quotes
Step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you. It will only burn what you are not, - Rumi
For the first time in years, I have vivid dreams, vivid enough to count the stars and the number of ripples in the sea.
About Anna Faktorovich's "Romances of George Sand": “What a read! Not lacking in action and very imaginative.
Run the race of life at your own pace.
Quite frankly we are both tired of the race we have been asked to run.
Everything has a price, but not everything should be for sale.
Do not quarrel or restlessly seek for more knowledge, until you have given proper honor to what you already know.
Once again discovered: Do what you do because you enjoy. If expect others to give credit or honor your work, you are due for disappointment
There is nothing worse than fear. Fear is worse than cancer, fear is worse than torture, fear is worse than betrayal and fear is even worse than death.
School is a hospital where people recover from ignorance
Forgive, forget, learn the lesson and move forward…!
The easiest way to have a peek behind the curtain is to learn from those that are ahead of you.
Unreasonable, " "unrealistic, " and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards.
You know it’s a real salvation when Baptists use cold water.
His (Paul's) entire personality within mutation. He was being turned inside out as he led Jesus light the recesses of his soul.
Though blue sky and the road’s yellow dust and the green of the nearing oasis were all snuffed out, he (newly converted Saul) did not miss them. Light suffused his blinded eyes, his mind.
A positive mindset is probably the single most powerful elixir you can take for your health.
Success in many of life's most important endeavors begins with a commitment to act like the person you hope to become.
This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap...
Girls are nothing to be afraid of, no matter the kind. Boys, on the other hand.
Your brain loves habits because they are simple, structured, well-known, energy efficient, quick, and automatic.
Idolatry involves putting the things we love in the place of God or seeing God as a means of getting the things that we want, and that's the second great struggle of our lives.
Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.
Wise parents do not criticize each other in front of their children or their friends. Nor do they talk negatively about their children when others are present. That is disloyalty.
Unreasonable self-criticism represents a form of self-hatred and fear.
To listen to criticism and act on it if it is valid and ignore it if it is not is a sign of intelligence.
I define influence simply as literary love, tempered by defense. The defenses vary from poet to poet. But the overwhelming presence of love is vital to understanding how great literature works.
Excuses, criticisms, and superstitions are vitamins for haters, but poison for the successful. Rise above!
Your number one mission in life is to be who you were intended to be.
If your life is like a tragedy it is because you have been neglecting something — most likely yourself.
The world is not what it is supposed to be. We are tragically off course.
Every great tragedy forms a fertile soil in which a great recovery can take root and blossom...but only if you plant the seeds.
… human needs are finite, but human greed is not …
Some people want what they are not willing to give.
The most basic rule of editing is that if you can’t bear to read it, no one else can either. So when you find yourself skimming, commit murder.
Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. We can unlock our lives with a pencil tip.
Plot joined the expedition unwooed, as a necessary companion. It was not the scout. The scout was a certain mood. I followed that mood, and let the shape of the story flow from that.
What are minnows but brief flashes? And what are thoughts? And how do you capture a brief flash, even for a second?
One, don’t wait for inspiration, just start the damned thing. Two, once you begin, keep on until the end. How do you know how the story should begin until you find out where it’s going?
For two thousand years or more man has been subjected to a systematic effort to transform him into an ascetic animal. He remains a pleasure-seeking animal.
Lifelong pain, an unwanted pregnancy, and even death may be the reward for such a brief window of pleasure. What a foolish gamble!
They say though that we do more to avoid pain than we do to gain pleasure. So it is when the pain becomes too much that we finally find the courage to make changes.
For once you yourself cease to take pleasure in the common enjoyments of life, you hate the normal man who is so much more fortunate than yourself.
Thus, in the boy’s mind, drink and destruction braided together. Intoxication, he concluded, was a swift and effective catalyst for havoc.
Without inner-peace and contentment, success will ultimately destroy you.
You exist only because God wills that you exist.
Never let a minister say you are a sinner for he or she is a sinner too. Nor never let a psychiatrist say you have a mental disorder for he or she has problems too.
If life is supposed to be a theater, then somehow, we all met and played our part.