There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
George WashingtonIt’s like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf… most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you shake that bottle up, all the ingredients mix together and then the dressing can add flavor to a salad. In the same way, we can stir ourselves up and regain the reverence, respect and awe we once had for the Lord.
Joyce MeyerCrankiness is at the essence of all comedy. My wife and I were discussing the different types of cranky. There’s entertaining cranky, annoying cranky, angry cranky.
Jerry SeinfeldIf evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
EpictetusThe world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
William JamesI’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.
Brene BrownEven though I was very shy, I found I could get onstage if I had a new identity.
David BowieThe training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.
Jean-Jacques RousseauAutobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.
Eleanor RooseveltPeace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace.
Thich Nhat HanhI like to recede away from classifications. You might say that indicates a fundamental lack of commitment. I suppose that’s true to some degree.
Jordan PetersonThirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It’s rage, it’s creativity, it’s pain, it’s hurt, but it’s the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.
Kanye WestI seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
Douglas AdamsThe family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIf you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
Virginia WoolfTrust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.
Christopher HitchensWhen I was into my 30s, I became increasingly depressed by rejection letters. I had had the feeling that by the time I was 30, I would be established. But I was not at all. By the time of ‚Lives of Girls and Women,‘ I was into my 40s and I had become more thin-skinned.
Alice MunroA man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark TwainI think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.
Dolly PartonMy goal is to entertain myself and others.
Ray BradburyHe didn’t come out of my belly, but my God, I’ve made his bones, because I’ve attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I’m so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.
John LennonYou can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself.
Eleanor RooseveltTransforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.
Robert GreeneThe royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Dale CarnegieAny fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.
Dale CarnegieWe’re African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like the Jacksons. But I didn’t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.
Beyonce KnowlesDifferent taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
George EliotBefore marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Marilyn MonroeThe fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the, what would you say? plucking?
Angelina JolieMan will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.
Mark TwainDo not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
Andrew CarnegieAny hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.
Kevin HartI’ve grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change.
The WeekndWomen love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.
Oscar WildeA person who is truly authentic doesn’t need to play a role in life, we think, but can simply be him – or herself.
Robert GreeneIntimates are predestined.
Henry AdamsWho’s my hero? That’s a great question… Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he’s someone I look up to every day.
Tom BradyI don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
Abraham LincolnI don’t like to read things that people write about me. I’d rather read what kids have to say about me because it’s not their profession to do that.
David BowieMy mother was a full-time mother. She didn’t have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences… everything was for her children. I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate. She was the most generous, loving – she’s better than me.
Angelina JolieI continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.
Alice WalkerGrowing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.
Billy GrahamRejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.
Friedrich NietzscheYour true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty – his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.
Aldous HuxleyMen exist for the sake of one another.
Marcus AureliusI disagree with everything I used to say.
Vivienne WestwoodOur deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
George EliotWhen you cease to exist, then who will you blame?
Bob DylanTo love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Oscar WildeWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
Kurt VonnegutWhen I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone’s mouth was ‚Mister,‘ a sign of respect.
Mr. TFirst and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.
Brene BrownI remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.
Jocko WillinkWe have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.
James BaldwinTomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood.
Christopher ColumbusThe CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn’t let them into the family brokerage business.
Lyndon B. JohnsonA two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.
Jerry SeinfeldSometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.
Joyce MeyerI’m very secure about my talents and about who I am.
Dolly Parton