Having children is not an act of God. It's not like you're walking down the street and pregnancy strikes you; children are… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally;… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. wThis is the first step towards… — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Copy Share Image
“I can identify with other people and situations, but I tend not to. I would rather recall things from my own life,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I'm sure even in America, where you have, like, free speech people self-censor themself. And it's not - it happens because of… — Bassem Youssef Copy Share Image
At every stage of life, our inner self requires the nurturance of loving people attuned to our feelings and responsive to our… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're overthinking, you convince yourself to get out of it and you're like, "Ah I shoulda did that!" You can't live… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
The dominant and most deep-dyed trait of the journalist is his timorousness. Where the novelist fearlessly plunges into the water of self-exposure,… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
It was frustrating when people loved you and took an interest in you and sometimes worried about you and personally cared what… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
I tell of hearts and souls and dances... Butterflies and second chances; Desperate ones and dreamers bound, Seeking life from barren ground,… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The fact is that when you admit that you can’t blame anyone or anything else, you begin to blame yourself. The human… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
“Where saiyam (a state free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence) does not leave a clear impression, there the vitaraag dharma (the religion… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they congealed into… — Gail Godwin Copy Share Image
On the much revered family of North American mythology - and a metaphor for the Ruling Alliance: Sacred family! … The supposed… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God.… — David Platt Copy Share Image
“Stop focusing on your past mistakes. Don’t be ashamed of the things that you’ve done. We ALL have made mistakes. Don’t you… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of… — Cody Lundin Copy Share Image
My mom usually does my self-tapes, and we've built a kind of shorthand with one another... Also, just having fun with it… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
I can pour myself into Bon Iver. It's a thing about self- and mental discovery, and those are all important things. But… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one's narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
So, the gods don't hand out all their gifts at once, not build and brains and flowing speech to all. One man… — Homer Copy Share Image
When I awaken in the morning, I am thankful for a new day. I am thankful for everything that I have materially.… — Betty Eadie Copy Share Image
The highest level of prayer is not a prayer for anything. It is a deep and profound silence, in which we allow… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“I have learned a lot about myself over the years, mostly because I was open to hearing feedback. I wear my emotions… — Alyssa Mastromonaco Copy Share Image
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We crave a world of either/or, but the Dream says, Both/and. We build a wall between our social persona and our inner… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
Some of the biggest bores I've ever known are men who have been highly successful in business, particularly self-made heads of big… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Stop the pain.” – Tory “You know I can’t.” – Acheron “Fine. But next time you’re the one who’s doing labor duty.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
It is untrue that fiction is nonutilitarian. The uses of fiction are synonymous with the uses of literature. They include refreshment, clarification… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
[O]ur own bodies are changing every second. Yet we take the body to be our Self; and, speaking in terms of it,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What we really need is somebody who loves us so much we don’t worry about death, or about [anything for that matter]…… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
There are important arguments to be made about the relative merits of an hereditary or an elected head of state: but not… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
“Our beliefs shape how we perceive reality to be, and the belief that shapes our current perception of reality was adopted by… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
It just didn't feel right to let my child scream and holler and thrash by her little self in the dark in… — Denene Millner Copy Share Image
Self-confidence is inseparable from submission to the creedal order, and through that order, to the supreme authority expressed in that order. ...… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image