"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance." - Bruce Barton
"[E]ven a well-ordered life can not lead anybody safely around the inevitable doom that waits in the skies. As F. Hopkinson Smith long ago pointed out, the claw of the sea-puss gets us all in the end.” James Thurber, citing Smith.
"No one is infallible, no one is free from bias, and no one is honest all of the time, no matter how hard they may strive to be. This goes for Republicans, Democrats, Popes, and Dalai Lamas." -Dr. Bobby Azarian
"Never make a joke about a women's hair, clothes or menstrual cycle. Page one. " - James Hammerton, Sliding Doors.
And he who is not sufficiently courageous even to defend his soul—don’t let him be proud of his “progressive” views, don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a merited figure, or a general—let him say to himself: I am in the herd, and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and warm. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"This is the mark of a really admirable person: steadfastness in the face of trouble." - Ludwig van Beethoven
"Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before." - James Buckham
It made more sense in context, but it would have been a lengthy quote, and I thought that part got to the heart of it. Naturally, as always, I can't find the source now.
I'm about to make a wild, extreme and severe relationship rule: the word "busy" is a load of crap and is most often used by assholes. The word "busy" is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact in every silo you uncover, all you're going to find is a man who didn't care enough to call. Remember, men are never too busy to get what they want. - Greg Behrendt
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has the power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive. - Eleanora Duse
