That Is Life. Quotes
Be more than a father, be a dad. Be more than a figure, be an example.
People fail to realize there's a difference in kinds of money. There is old money and there is new money. Old money has political power but new money has only purchasing power. (1963)
Eternity is to us as time, the age to come, the continuation, the manifestation, and perfection of our present and true existence.
To make the most of your life, you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.
The trees are a thousand times taller than me, and hundreds of years older, and the rocks and leaves and plants and animals never do anything silly like kill each other or fall in love or grow up.
As a Christian, your godly life and your godly mothering sends its shimmering wake throughout all eternity.
While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow. God views our lives from and for eternity, so he is never in a hurry.
Why would God provide heaven on earth when he's planned the real thing for you in eternity?
Peace is a way of constructively handling natural conflict.
Conflict connects us to life, just as life connects us to conflict.
There is no way to escape conflict in life, and there is no way to escape peace in life.
Peace does not mean an absence of conflict, because opposition, polarity and conflict are natural and universal laws.
Conflict avoidance often causes greater conflict.
What we hear and see through the filter of bias becomes our truth, while planting the seeds of conflict.
The statement at the core of all disagreements: I’m right, you’re wrong.
I've noticed that great political leaders are energized by conflict. I'm energized by listening to people's stories and trying to figure out shared solutions. That's the work of an organizer.
What can a fallen star wish for, but it fulfills other's wishes, is it not?
So we baked and sweated together. I like punching the dough. I told myself it was the moon and punched it senseless.
I never really thought about how when I look at the moon, it's the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.
Girls, you listen to every word your mamma is saying, cause the only way you'll ever get a better piece of chicken is if you're a rooster.
Maybe next time you'll take me up on dinner." "I doubt it, Mr. Holbrook. I'm pretty sure hell will freeze over first." Again he smiled. "Well, that may be happening sooner than you think, my dear.
If this is a smart world then I want to be stupid.
from a child in danger to a dangerous child
This was one of those mid-thirties moments when you take a look at the stale, half-chewed bagel your life has become and kiss jealousy on its smokey mouth.
He's really jealous, Ybon said rather weakly. Just have him meet me, Oscar said. I make all boyfriends feel better about themselves.
A watched pot never boils, but if I took my eyes from these negative thoughts for a second they would spill over the edges of my lips, and boil the beautiful moment alive as we lived it.
If you just can’t get rid of envy, then start creating a life, so that if you saw yourself from afar, you’d be envious of you.
INSECURITY breeds JEALOUSY / JEALOUSY creates ENVY / ENVY causes self-destruction / a hater is made up of all three. Just remember you are an opportunity away from being hated on yourself!
You can't do wrong right, but you can do right wrong.
Joy, humor, and laughter should be part of everyone's spiritual life. They are gifts from God and help us enjoy creation.
If you can't laugh at yourself, don't worry others will…!
Thus, in the boy’s mind, drink and destruction braided together. Intoxication, he concluded, was a swift and effective catalyst for havoc.
People who are hard on others are usually very hard on themselves, and the pain they inflict on others is a reflection of the pain they inflict on themselves.
Go look in the mirror and have a talk with your real boss
Look upon the world with loving eyes and the reflection everyone sees will contain love.
On the still calm waters of surrender, the reflections of clarity appear.
Reflection is an all-consuming, in-depth, and serious thought process that is required in a paradigm shift.
No one goes out to play anymore. Simulation is becoming reality.
The greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light.
Never feed someone else's dream, you will only remain as a ghost in their vision.
If life is supposed to be a theater, then somehow, we all met and played our part.
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.
You exist only because God wills that you exist.
Without inner-peace and contentment, success will ultimately destroy you.
Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. We can unlock our lives with a pencil tip.
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.
