There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. —Thomas Browne More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. —Dale Carnegie More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off! —Henry Miller More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy. —Charlotte-Catherine More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I actually think happiness is the absence of suffering. It comes from peace. That comes from being careful about desire, judgment, and reaction. —Naval Ravikant More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me. —Tim Cook More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Reason and calm judgment: the qualities especially belonging to a leader. —Publius Cornelius Tacitus More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't be tempted to break momentum-work through it. —Lorii Myers More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. —Thomas A. Edison More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything. —Willa Cather More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. —Alice Walker More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. —Lord Chesterfield More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them. —Ann Radcliffe More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows. —Kelly McGonigal More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work. —William Faulkner More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email