Quotes of: Settle Keyword

It's best not to get settled on things being a certain way, I realized. Life had a funny way if interrupting your plans.

Billy Creekmore

Better is not good enough, and it's a shame that anyone would be willing to settle for so little.

Bad Feminist: Essays

I think my parents had in mind that I would settle down at quite a young age, but I decided that being a housewife in a big country house wasn't for me. I wanted to leave the country, head for London and see what the world had to offer.

Alison Jackson

In India, the eldest has the most responsibility and the crown goes to him. The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could 'most talent' be determined? So Indian society settled on age.

Devdutt Pattanaik

IF YOU DON'T GO AFTER WHAT YOU WANT; YOU COULD SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE SETTLING FOR WHAT YOU CAN GET

Against All Odds I Can Be

In his late forties, an age when men settle to comforts and seek a firm base, Paul began his roughest travels.

The Apostle: The Life of Paul

Once you start settling, and letting others control your life, it can quickly become a habit, so it’s best to avoid such things altogether.

Rise of the Morningstar

I'm tired of being your best friend. I'm tired of being second best. I won't settle for that anymore. It's all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me. - Oliver Hazzard-Perry

Revelations

Our steel-tipped will let us rescue that injured stork that settled down on top of the obelisk and can't fly away!

Showcase Presents: Green Arrow

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

Of Mice and Men

All habits are bad habits. (...) Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.

Manalive

That's the mistake people make - always searching for the perfect match, when they would be just as happy if they settled for somebody reasonably good.

The Marriage Bureau for Rich People

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

Marva Collins' Way: Updated

What did you do to her?” There were a thousand things he’d done. He settled on: “I made a mistake.

No Good Duke Goes Unpunished

Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation

Husband: a man with hopes of being a lover who settles for being a provider, causing his wife to grow suspicious of her depleting jewelry box.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

Look Fabian, the world is full of sheep, don’t settle for being a sheep, even if you do reside over those creatures, act more like a Ram.

Stone Ram

We must pray in order to grow, and we must grow because Infinite Love will not, cannot, settle for less than the greatest joy of which his beloved creature is capable.

Prayer for Beginners

That’s not making love; it’s getting laid. There’s a world of difference between the two. Settling for less is cheating yourself.” He looked at her steadily. “It’s worth the wait.

Pandora's Box

Relationships: If you put up with it, you’re going to end up with it. Set the standard you want and don’t settle for less.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

It is amazing how your life changes when you embrace the reality that you're better than the life you've settled for.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience