When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman. —Betty Friedan More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience. —John Green More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons. —John Lancaster Spalding More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
How could it be? She watched, observed, reflected, and finally determined that this was not a case of fortitude or of resignation only. A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself, which was from nature alone. It was the choicest gift of Heaven. —Jane Austen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm. —Dorothy Parker More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Just because we've been dealt a certain hand, it doesn't mean that we can't choose to rise above - to conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted. To try to retain whatever essential humanity we can. —Stephenie Meyer More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
External signs of wealth and success are often cheap storefronts that hide internal mediocrity or even incompetence. —Gordon Atkinson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. —Henry David Thoreau More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think people don't place a high enough value on how much they are nurtured by doing whatever it is that totally absorbs them. —Jean Shinoda Bolen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every big problem was at one time a wee disturbance. —Unknown More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. —Bonnie Prudden More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there. —Irving Berlin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are two main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life. The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we experience external conditions to make them fit our goals better. —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing. —Heather Armstrong More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. —Okakura Kakuzo More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email