Quotes By Famous Authors: [B]
It matters not if the world has heard or approves or understands...the only applause we're meant to seek is that of nail-scarred hands.
My message to a lot of guys is, if you like school and you like education, baseball is gonna be there, and you can get ...
You just don't want me to realize how old you actually are when I see a picture of you in line for Return of the ...
Decisions Determine the directions of your destiny
May your colonies be healthy and plentiful May your supers be overflowing And may your swarms always be someone else's bees!
You tell the big lie by carefully selecting only the small, isolated truths, linking them in such a way that that advance the bigger lie ...
If I had been a winger, I might have been daydreaming and thinking about how to keep my kit clean for next week.
Building trust is a process. Trust results from consistent and predictable interaction over time.
Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.
I wrote something when I was 9 that seemed pretty good for a 9 year old; it concerned flowers in our family garden - I ...
The spiritual consciousness is never deceived
When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.
The longer the wars, the younger the men who must finish them.
Worry about tomorrow steals the joy from today.
If you can hear the birds singing, you're in the right place
My skin is so thin that the innocent words of others burn holes right through me.
You always wonder if you can make plays at the end.
Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but ...
Four billion years ago the planet Earth was molten rock; now it sings opera!
The lonely mind wanders.the happy mind goes.the weary mind travels.the thoughtful mind flows.
Darkness is just light turned inside out.
Treaties are often written in paper and ink. War, is carved by stone in blood.
There was no semblance of remorse on his stone-like face. He wanted me. That's all there was to it. And he would have me, regardless ...
What we did not truly use, need, and love had to go. This would become our motto for decluttering.
If you're hungry enough...even poison tastes good.
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!
There are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self's sake. 2) Love of God for self's sake. 3) Love of God for ...
The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible.
People often ask for my advice and counseling, but overall, the best advice I can give to anyone at any time is: never complete a ...
What we see and hear is what we think about. What we think about is what we feel. What we feel influences our reactions. Reactions ...
Mary Oliver: "...Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" ("The Summer Day", New and Selected Poems, ...
Abstract knowledge is not enough. At the end of the day, it's about how one reacts to circumstances in an extreme real-time situation.
Hobo Dinners 1 lb. hamburger 1 onion, sliced 4 medium potatoes, cubed 1 (15.25 oz.) can of corn (or package of frozen corn) Salt and ...
I was vanquished by a deer!'A giant magical flying deer with fangs,' Seth said, parroting a description Gavin had shared earlier.That sounds a little better,' ...
Have they defected? They have not gone yet.
The more aware individuals are of the themes that are central to their own sense of personal identity, the better they can recognize the dimensions ...
If you want to disappear, Emily, you can do it most anywhere.
To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
Obama's ascendancy unhinged the radical right, offering a unified target to competing camps of racial, nativist and religious animus.
Who you are is enough for me. I look at you and all I see, is the champion I knew you would be.
But after WWII, politics began to impede American war fighting to the extent that victory is fleeting at best and unlikely at worst.
Remember, God can use us, but he doesn't need us.
I'm a pretty easygoing guy. I'm not hard to get along with. I never had anybody that I had trouble with. On the other team, ...
There will be days that you don't want to dress up and if you have some decent looking athletic wear, you can give the illusion ...
On sighting mathematicians poetry should unhook the algebra from their minds and replace it with poetry; on sighting poets it should unhook poetry from their ...
Are you feeling better now? ...
Happiness is a continuous creative activity of imaginatively comparing your experiences to things that aren't as good and thereby feeling happy and grateful.
The suit-and-tie job is very nice but it's not really who I am in my heart.
Rituals help us change modes.
- Why would the man who never takes vacations suddenly have a desire for one?- Because I have a desire for you.