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"When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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"Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out."
~Karl Augustus Menninger |
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“The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - and never knowing”
~David Viscott |
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"How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success."
~Elbert Hubbard |
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“You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
~George Lorimer |
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“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”
~Sonia Johnson |
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“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”
~Albert Einstein |
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“I don't want my son to be limited to learning only what his teacher already knows!”
-John Couch, VP of Apple Education |
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“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
― John Lennon |
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“What are we after all our dreams, after all our memories?”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook |
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“Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert |
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“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.”
― Paulo Coelho, Brida |
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“Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.”
― Leonard Bernstein |
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“Music is the universal language of mankind.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou |
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“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”
― Isaac Asimov |
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“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. ”
― Joss Whedon |
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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
― W. Somerset Maugham |
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“War is what happens when language fails.”
― Margaret Atwood |
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“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”
― Bertrand Russell |
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“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
― Helen Keller |
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“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
― A.A. Milne |
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“There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
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“I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King |
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“A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.”
― Walter Winchell |
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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood |
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“I guess there are never enough books.”
― John Steinbeck, A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia |
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“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein |
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“Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.”
― Dan Brown, Angels and Demons |
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“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
― Mark Twain |
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“Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Blood Noir |
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“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird |
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