Excessive talking about our plans and dreams lessens our energy to do what is needed to achieve them.
A positive mind-set says that you are not a victim to the whims of others or by circumstances over which you have no control.
Nothing builds up your attitude like gratitude. You cannot be depressed, negative, and grateful at the same time.
One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear--and we just don't want to hear it.
You don't sit around looking for reasons to do the right thing; it's the bad decisions that require creative reasoning.
Relationships are built on small, consistent deposits of time. You can't cram for what's most important. If you want to connect with your kids, you've got to be available consistently, not randomly.
Little did the old man know how much God liked to talk to His children, how He longed to listen to them.
The field of asking is fundamentally improvisational. It thrives not in the creation of rules and etiquette but in the smashing of that etiquette. Which is to say: there are no rules. Or, rather, there are plenty of rules, but they ask, on bended kne...
He (the British soldier) is generally beloved by two sorts of Companion, in whores and lice, for both these Vermin are great admirers of a Scarlet Coat.
It's sad how things devolve, how if you hear just the early part of Freddie and Veronica's story, this romantic romp between a blue-eyed guitarist and knobby-knuckled songstress, you imagine they'll go on forever.
Education is that component which brings in a meaningful relationship between the happenings around us and how our senses experience them.
There’s this misconception that artists should create their own mythologies, through how they live. Not true. They should create their own mythologies through their work. In whatever styles, textures and approaches they choose to use.
If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.
Having your cake and eating it too is how Life was meant to be. Everything is possible. And the things we want the most are not only possible, they're highly probable.
A substantial daily intake of alcohol was the perfect way to stay in shape.
Sometimes we look around and realize we need new friends. That’s the sign that they are just around the bend :)
He thought: that's certainly how it starts. One day a person puts his legs up on a bench, then night comes and he falls asleep. That's how it happens that one fine day a person joins the tramps and turns into one of them.
How could she feel nostalgia when he was right in front of her? How can you suffer from the absence of a person who is present? You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more
He (Newt Gingrich as a freshman congressman) was both passionate about his goals and coldly analytical in his means.
I've always been just me, but I was the last to know that it was all right.
I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?
