“When it comes to purpose and preparation, most of us want to skip the preparation part and get right to purpose, which… — Andrena Sawyer Copy Share Image
It's very counterintuitive to boil down something so personal, something that requires privacy. All of a sudden, you open it up to… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. The mature person can face unpleasantness, frustration, discomfort… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Errors have nothing to do with luck; they are caused by time pressure, discomfort or unfamiliarilty with a position, distractions, feelings of… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
Intuitive guidance means having the self-esteem to recognize that the discomfort or confusion that a person feels is actually directing him to… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
The first lesson in truly learning how to throw a punch is so frustrating, so frustrating. Especially if you fancy yourself athletic,… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
If the men of the Middle Ages... lived in filth and discomfort, it was not for any lack of ability to change… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
What the English call "comfortable" is something endless and inexhaustible. Every condition of comfort reveals in turn its discomfort, and these discoveries… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
For me, what disturbs me about some of the conversations on the left is that you get the impression that times are… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that my work is about mocking or making fun of things, but a lot of it is… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
Our chronic discomfort with ambiguity - which, ironically, is critical to both our creativity and the richness of our lives - leads… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool,… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I think our intelligence is a source of toxicity to nature and discomfort to ourselves unless our values are based on planetary… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Most people coming out of war feel lost and resentful. What had been a minute-to-minute confrontation with yourself, your struggle with what… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought,… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
You can have lots of feelings and have the same feelings over and over again. It isn't the recognizable feelings that make… — Eugene Gendlin Copy Share Image
The demons aren't the noise. They are our aversion to the noise...when you can accept discomfort, doing so allows a balance of… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to, every… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Meditation is a journey to know yourself. Knowing yourself has many layers. Start knowing your bodily discomforts. Know your success, know your… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
In every work out there comes a moment where you have to decide to keep pushing hard - through the doubt, discomfort… — Lisa Rainsberger Copy Share Image
I thought there's something to be said for honor in this world where there doesn't seem to be any honor left. I… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Pain and illness, the deaths of those one loves, and discomforts and disappointments mar the happy norm, but they do not alter… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
Y2K hype taps our native discomfort with the realities of a dynamic, evolving social order. It elevates personal, local contact over the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Getting up way in advance of dawn is always a good idea. Nearly ninety-nine percent of the time when I have gotten… — Peter Menzel Copy Share Image
