Quotes of: Oldfashioned-way Keyword

Health, wealth, reputation, and status are all mere ingredients of happiness. The key to true well-being is being able to manage them capably.

Something You Forgot...Along the Way: Stories of Wisdom and Learning

No one should ever despair because the entrance to his or her chosen career path is clogged. There is an ancient saying: "The persistent drip wears through stone.

Something You Forgot...Along the Way: Stories of Wisdom and Learning

If you are fortunate enough to enjoy great success, you should never forget the spirit of the beginner, and not grow indolent and arrogant.

Something You Forgot...Along the Way: Stories of Wisdom and Learning

Maybe this was the only way it could have gone. You didn’t get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do. That was the hard part, accepting that you didn’t get to choose which way you went.

The Magician King

Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest.

The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that way. He did.

Minor Snobs

My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything.

Midnight Sun

How you carry yourself speaks volumes about how you feel about yourself.

My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today

No amount of high fashion can make up for a lifetime of poor posture.

My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today

Confident posture gets you noticed for all the right reasons.

My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today

Deep down inside, each of us knows what our truths are. It is forgivable to lose them...It is unforgivable not to reclaim them.

Mountain Air: Relapsing and Finding the Way Back... One Breath at a Time

Don't stay too long in the shame-filled grounds of relapse. Fertile soil awaits your return and your recoverying.

Mountain Air: Relapsing and Finding the Way Back... One Breath at a Time

I have found out the hard way that the path from victim to victory hinges on one word…Choose.

And Now I Choose: A Story for Those Who Believe They Have No Choice

We all get lots of people. And maybe we don’t always get to have them the exact way we want them, but if we can figure out a way to compromise, you know, then we can keep them all.

Noggin

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process

We must remember that all stations are as much about life as they are obviously about death. All is redeemed. All is grist for transformation and glory.

The New Stations of the Cross: The Way of the Cross According to Scripture

Damn straight" said Connor. " So yeah, I look at you and I could suck start a leaf blower, or drill a Kevin-shaped body hole into the wall, like a cartoon.

The Long Way Home

When someone tells you something big, it's like you're taking money from them, and there's no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.

The Lake

Today we fight. Tomorrow we fight. The day after, we fight. And if this disease plans on whipping us, it better bring a lunch, 'cause it's gonna have a long day doing it.

Life's That Way: A Memoir

How incredibly far our lives drift from where we knew with all certainty they would go. How little today resembles what yesterday thought it would look like.

Life's That Way: A Memoir

You want him praising the Lord in the morning, you put a smile on his face tonight.

Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage: Unlocking the Secrets to Life, Love and Marriage