The notion is called wabi-sabi life, like the cherry blossom, it is beautiful because of its impermanence, not in spite of it,… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
I really think I am where I am in spite of my training, not because of it. I don't know how unique… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Learning to inhibit unwanted contractions of muscles that function without, or in spite of, our will, is the main task in coordinated… — Moshe Feldenkrais Copy Share Image
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Oh, how desperately bored, in spite of their grim determination to have a Good Time, the majority of pleasure-seekers really are! — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't give up because of the dark days. Succeed in spite of them. The dark days make the bright days seem even… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes… — Dianne Holum Copy Share Image
Face red, but brave in spite of it, Ethan offered an even smaller box. My hands shook as i opened it. Set… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
And then Mircea finally let me down, only to get his hands inside the coat and push me against the wall. “I’m… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
In spite of all the talk and study about our next years, all the silent ponderings about what lies within them...it seems… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Some people will tell you that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It was a sunny day, I was carrying a child in a white dress to be christened. The path to the church… — Sophie Scholl Copy Share Image
In spite of our sinfulness, in spite of the darkness surrounding our souls, the Grace of the Holy Spirit, conferred by baptism… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
You may blame yourself for not being strong enough to appreciate some unhappy people in spite of their negative emotional offerings toward… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
... in spite of being happier than I ever dreamed I could be, I'm also soberer. The fear that something may happen… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Oh, he was just angry, we tell ourselves when someone blurts out something he later apologizes for. But a word, once spoken,… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
“You can't come in, colonel," she told him. "You may be in command of your war, but I'm in command of my… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
Just thinking about a friend makes you want to do a happy dance, because a friend is someone who loves you in… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
I tell my mother I went to God in spite of my religious education. I feel that my religious education was inadequate,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many… — Valentino Garavani Copy Share Image
The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
Much of your success in life is determined by how you choose to act in spite of how you feel. — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
The fact that the mind rules the body is, in spite of its neglect by biology and medicine, the most fundamental fact… — Franz Alexander Copy Share Image
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
I always try to honor a character by being honest and truthful to who they are, in spite of my own personality… — Jasmine Guy Copy Share Image
Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
God's Word is pure and sure, in spite of the devil, in spite of your fear, in spite of everything. — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
“Draw the attention of those who do things out of spite, to something else, away from what you wish to avoid.” — Nabil N. Jamal Copy Share Image
With practice the craft will come almost of itself, in spite of you and all the more easitly if you think of… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
“...these hearts of ours are curious and contrary things, and time and nature work their will in spite of us.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
