We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are.
Young man, names are powerful things. You don’t just go around using them for no reason.
What if the only thing that's standing between us right now is our fear?
We don't get to choose the things that happen to us in life. What we can choose is how to react to them, how we deal with them, and how we move on.
But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can only move on.
...it isn’t things and proximity, or even blood that holds us all together. What makes a family is love and loyalty.
Do not fight with your brother. There are things that God expects us to fight for, true. But string is not one of them. Do you understand?
With Jesus, however, the device of parabolic utterance is used not to explain things to people’s satisfaction but to call attention to the unsatisfactoriness of all their previous explanations and understandings.
What can I say? I have a thing for women who carry heavy books and know how to use them
None of us can undo what we've done, or relive a life already recorded. But, ... there is no such thing as "too late" in life.
They could steam up windows with their kisses, but as soon as they started using their mouths for other things—like talking—everything got so complicated.
The one single use of things which we call our own is that they might be his who hath need of them.
Taking personal accountability is a beautiful thing because it gives us complete control of our destinies.
Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us,...
I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control.
If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.
I'm physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap laugh because I definitely don't have that sophisticated cool thing down.
With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.
A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.
At the end of the day, humans are social animals and we are at our best when we get to do things with others who appreciate and enjoy what we enjoy. It's what keeps us human.
When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. Now I find the best thing is to just relax. Being recognized is just something you have to get used to.
