Vengeance would have us assault an enemy's pride to beat him down. But vengeance hides a dangerous truth, for a humbled foe gains patience, courage, strength, and greater determination.
Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.
I squinted at the western sky behind Thaddeus, a blood-red smear melting into blackness. Twisting my neck, I glanced the opposite direction. My teeth clenched at a magnified, round moon nearly as scarlet as the portending sunset, its luminous face ha...
Eena had thought the whole idea of his picture was absolutely wonderful and had asked Willum what kind of animal she might be. He’d responded after only a moment of thought. “I think you’d be a crioness.” “Why is that?” “Because they ca...
If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.
When you delete from your thinking, you give yourself permission to imagine, to believe, to try, and to accomplish phenomenal things.
Daydream. Because you can't accomplish what you've never fully imagined.
Dreams become reality once the dreamer goes beyond imagining and acts them out.
I love when I finish reading a chapter that I wrote and my cheeks hurt from smiling and all I can utter is,
The key to success―keep swimming. Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained, just keep swimming.
Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don't pause for long; there are greater mountains to climb while you still possess the drive and capacity to do so.
You need tell me nothing; I already know your heart. Through your simplest choices you've given yourself away.
You are here to make a difference, to either improve the world or worsen it. And whether or not you consciously choose to, you accomplish one or the other.
Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it’s a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one.
Your efforts extend like ripples on the ocean, much further than you know.
A thought can prompt. Words can stir. But it takes action to attain a dream.
If we were always given a choice as to every path presented us in life, a multitude of roads leading to priceless treasures would forever go untraveled. Be grateful for your adversities. From toil and triumph evolves a life worth living." —from
Why so eager to jump in and direct someone else's life when you can't stick to your own goals and resolutions?
It's advice, not a commandment. Don't swallow it whole until you're absolutely sure you've been given good, healthy advice.
Take it one step at a time—inarguably wise advice. And yet we all take a running leap, hoping the wind will catch us on its wings and lift us clear to the top of the beanstalk. Those few Jacks who have reached new heights in this manner inevitably ...
It's strange how in childhood it feels like tomorrow won't come until the end of forever, but in adulthood it feels like the end of forever could come tomorrow.
