Young Quotes
Out of the seven billion people sharing the planet with her, not one of them knew what was going through her head. Not one of them knew she was lost. Not one of them asked.
It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re deprived of something meaningful.
Nothing exists but my breath. I know this feeling. Usually it comes when something unexpected and momentously awful is about to happen, which doesn’t make sense now. I’m just going home.
One of the things I enjoy about being young is learning from my elders without them giving direct advise.
Growing up doesn't mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.
Be forever young in the flesh, it makes the mind flash light low, until the spotlight follows your shadow.
Love being the only flower that opens and reaches for the light. Light will always come, because it longs to be reached for, and darkness is put away.
Think of the people whom you love, like, trust, and admire. Isn’t their integrity the golden thread which elevates them to a higher standard in your eyes and in your heart?
1. “Being able to depend on a person’s integrity lays a solid foundation for a relationship built on trust, both in business and in life.
As with construction, your personal integrity is the firm foundation upon which you can build a strong character, rewarding life, and healthy relationships.
Through change and challenge, if our personal foundations are built with quality virtues of character and integrity, we are more resilient, healthy, and ultimately more impressive.
Throughout the history of mankind, the virtues embraced by humanity have remained true, unwavering, and consistent.
While many may claim that these virtues are old-fashioned, they are essential materials for building a solid and worthwhile foundation for your life that will never go out of style.
Integrity, once tarnished, or broken, is hard to recover.
While having a strong character foundation may not sell newspapers, increase TV ratings, or make a person famous, it's essential for building a life that is meaningful and matters.
Sometimes we meet folks who appear rather plain, yet when they speak from a heart of service, love, compassion, and wisdom, they instantly become respected favorites.
Authenticity is the litmus test for the honesty, transparency, and trust which are necessary for healthy relationships.
By authentically sharing when things aren’t right you allow the people you care about to offer the support you may need.
Living in alignment with your true self enables you to cultivate transparency and unshakable authenticity.
Admittedly, there will be times when you must interact on a superficial level and adjust your behavior to fit in, go along and get along.
Not everyone is always going to like you. What impresses one person may turn another away. To thine own self be true.
Interestingly, being yourself allows others to be themselves. Even with crazy imperfections, being a bona fide genuine person is the best any of us can be—messy flaws and all!
Authentic people are so comfortable in their own skins they make us more comfortable in our own.
She is so secure in her beautifully imperfect self that she would welcome you with open arms, no judgment, and complete acceptance.
I am a recovering perfectionist, and like all in recovery, I do better some days than others!
Why did I think that the mask was a better portrayal than my authentic self? We can get hidden under layers of illusion, can’t we?
As a young girl, I allowed my self-esteem to be determined by others’ opinions, and I devoted incredible energy tuning into how everyone else felt.
As a lifetime people pleaser, I remember trying to mold myself into the person I thought other people wanted me to be—all for the sake of being liked and accepted. It caused more pain than gain.
Do you really want people to like you for something that you’re not? It takes a lot of energy to pretend to be someone else for the sake of pleasing others.
Integrity is a most valued human quality.
Your integrity is your personal code of honor and has the power to build your reputation or destroy it, establish credibility or crumble it—in one swift move.
Your personal integrity, defined as being honest and having strong moral principles, communicates whether (or not) you can be trusted.
I kiss him. My mouth on his. Without fear. Without thought. All of my emotions, my love, my trust, wrapped up in this embrace.
The life of less, one bent on simplicity, and not needing or wanting anything other than what God has deemed good for you turns out to be all you could ever need or want.
My wife's a lot younger than me ... thirty years difference . . . You should never marry a woman a lot younger than you ... Never ...
Camus and Henry waved to me from that muddy truck. They both wanted me to get over myself.So, this was me, getting over myself. And it was about time.
What I know about you, Henry, ” he said. “Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on this earth.
Remember to take in and harvest light yet also allow yourself to cast shadows where needed, like a tree. Then, in return, your shadow will support your light.
All four of us were young and undaunted and our smiles were so strong that it made me smile even then on the couch, with a kind of loss.
Because Dad told you he'd be here forever. Because I thought forever was like Mars -- far away.
As a young girl I was told the truth. I knew about death. I was afraid to lose but not afraid to die.
Somehow the thought she might be next wasn't nearly as terrifying as the realization he was gone.
I've come to realize that love is tragic, somewhere down the line it's inevitable. Fight for it.
And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker
They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd look like a dork in them." -Corinna