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9761c8f Helping a woman make biscuits should not make a fellow this happy. But when the woman was the fellow's wife, and she smiled at him as if he were the noblest hero of her acquaintance--well, it couldn't be helped. marriage romance relationship love inspirational smiles wife husband Karen Witemeyer
f571991 Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag. inspirational Laurie Halse Anderson
b7301b2 Ebediyet beni ilgilendirmez. Ben bir meseyim, ne bir eksik ne bir fazla. Bir gorevim var ve yerine getiriyorum; hoslandigim seyler var ve onlardan keyif aliyorum. Gerci sayica azaldilar. Cunku kuslar da azaldi. Hem, ruzgar da berbat kokuyor artik. Tamam, uzun omurluyum ama benim de gecici bir sey olmaya hakkim var. Olumlu olma ayricaligim var. Oysa bu ayricalik elimden alindi. ... Dunya da olumu gozleriyle gormek isteyen varsa bu onlarin sorunu, benim degil. Onlar icin Ebediyet'i oynayamam. Olum isteyen, agaclara basvurmasin. Gormek istedikleri o ise, birbirlerinin gozlerine baksinlar ve olumu orada gorsunler. | Ruzgarin On Iki Yakasi - Yolun Yonu inspirational Ursula K. Le Guin
9d49655 But a comedian is naked. His only weapon was his wit. inspirational Sidney Sheldon
c1dbfda Skupljanje hrane nesumnjivo je bilo na prvom mjestu zenskih duznosti buduci da je taj zadatak odrzavao pleme na zivotu. Ni u jednom se trenutku pretpovijesne zene s djecom ili bez nje nisu oslanjale na svoje partnere, lovce, za nabavku hrane. man women-s-rights life inspirational women-s-strength Rosalind Miles
0fc59e1 "We cannot help where we are born or how we are raised," Tel Hesani said. "But we can reject the twisted beliefs of those around us if we need to. Our loved ones and elders don't always know what is best. A man should listen to his heart and make his own decisions about what is wrong and what is right." inspirational-quotes inspirational darren-shan the-thin-executioner Darren Shan
8e57615 He could fit what he knew about women in a bullet casing and still have room for the gunpowder. inspirational Karen Witemeyer
8aa4201 He turned to pull the door closed and the warm air from the hall rushed through the narrow opening again. As he saw the yellow paper, the pencil flying, scooped off the desk and, unimpeded by the glassless window, sail out into the night and out of his life, Tom Benecke burst into laughter and then closed the door behind him. inspirational Jack Finney
401af74 "He gave us taste buds, then filled the world with incredible flavors like chocolate and cinnamon and all the other spices. He gave us eyes to perceive color and then filled the world with a rainbow of shades. He gave us sensitive ears and then filled the world with rhythms and music. Your capacity for enjoyment is evidence of God's love for you. He could have made the world tasteless, colorless, and silent. The Bible says that God "richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment." He didn't have to do it, but he did, because He loves us." worth joy christianity jesus religion god love inspirational worthy christmas gift holiday purpose peace Rick Warren
7e19e0c I grab a small container of glitter. Because this day, this wonderful, beautiful, glorious day just wouldn't be complete without a little, or a lot, of g i t r l t e inspirational beautiful-day glitter complete Lisa Schroeder
f4a48c6 Lo que quiero conseguir del curso en la universidad es algun conocimiento sobre la mejor manera de vivir la vida y sacarle el maximo y mejor provecho. Quiero aprender para entender y ayudar a otra gente y a mi misma. (...) Ese es el fin que debe tener la universidad, en lugar de producir un monton de licenciados y graduados, tan atragantados de libros y vanidad que no les queda sitio para otra cosa. inspirational anne-of-green-gables make-a-difference study university L.M. Montgomery
ae9533f When you change the way you see and interpret events, suddenly everything will be different for you. Everything will make sense. inspiration life philosophy inspirational passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss perspective Chris Prentiss
54c56f8 A million years ago there had been no river here and in a million years to come there might be no river - but in a million years from now there would be, if not Man, at least a caring thing. And that was the secret of the universe, Enoch told himself - a thing that went on caring. inspirational Clifford D. Simak
76cdfe0 "Oh, my darling you are not dumb," her father answered. "You're like Charles Wallace. Your development has to go at its own pace. It just doesn't happen to be the usual pace." life inspirational reminder-to-self Madeleine L'Engle
8c62719 Perhaps everything you say is true and these are the death throes of the human race, but even if that was true, I would not lose faith. There must be hope, and I must fight for my Emperor against Chaos and it's servants. That is insanity. Wrong, it's being human. inspirational sci-fi Ben Counter
60c10bd What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose- and that purpose is to benefit you. inspiration life philosophy inspirational life-purpose non-12-step-program passage-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss perspective quotes Chris Prentiss
24d2cee Don't wait too long. Life takes unexpected turns, and we don't always have the time we think we have. inspiration life-lessons life inspirational richard-clark sylvain-reynard Sylvain Reynard
8932da7 See, because being Cool is obviously the most important thing on earth. It's more important than getting a job, or having a girlfriend, or political power, or money, because all those things are predicated by Coolness. They happen because of it. They depend on it. inspirational pensieve Ned Vizzini
ea13bd0 The priest's work, the priest's service, was understood as an act of worship. This was God's desire at Sinai - that everybody would understand their roles as priests. Thst everybody would worship God by serving each other. jesus humanity life inspirational serving-god serving-others Rob Bell
97fc5dc One corner was filled by an elderly flat-top desk; the papers on it were neatly in order. Near it, on its own stand, was a small electric calculator. god inspirational soul Robert A. Heinlein
4a37ad4 Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act. inspirational flow Susan Cain
87bb0e9 When visitors come to a worship service in my own religious tradition, a great deal depends on how warmly they are welcomed and whether they feel included or excluded by what they hear during the short time they are with us. We may have exactly one shot at communicating who we are to people who know nothing about us - or who think they already know a lot about us - but who, in either case, will remember us at the embodiment of our entire tradition, the prime exemplars of our faith. religion inspirational first-impressions welcome tradition barbara brown taylor
76f8363 One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep. rites-of-passage inspirational childhood Carlos Ruiz Zafón
47b70c1 Total paranoia is just total awareness. politics inspirational government James Patterson
c1fac72 We're always thinking we should be writing no matter what else we might be doing. It's not fun. The life of an artist isn't easy. You're never free unless you are doing your art. writing inspirational Natalie Goldberg
6e94794 What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. inspirational Gretchen Rubin
97a8032 "The priest's work, the priest's service, was understoon as an act of worship. Theis was God"s desire at Sinai - thst everybody would understand their roles as priests. Thst everybody would worship God by serving each other." worship god inspirational serving-god serving-others Rob Bell
d2b7206 Being able to pick and read good waves is almost more important than surfing well. inspirational enterpreneurship Shane Snow
a9ad10c Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. perseverance inspirational tenacity John C. Maxwell
7977561 How many miles to Babylon? Three score and ten! Can I get there by candle light? Yes, and back again! inspirational E. Nesbit
13c70cf Die Freunde, an die ich denke, sind in der Zeit gefangen wie in einem Film. Sie (viele von ihnen sind tot, verschollen) sind in dem Alter, in dem ich sie zuletzt gesehen habe; ich bezweifle, dass sie mich jetzt wiedererkennen wurden. friends past inspirational vergangenheit remembering memory Alberto Manguel
61ae801 When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness. loneliness inspirational Mitch Albom
4efa1dc Kaylin's memory was like a kaleidoscope; fractured, but in a way that was arresting, even beautiful, if looked at the right way. inspirational Michelle Sagara
43d3bc9 Oh, why did he slap her when she's a widow, and that annoyed her even more. She said she should not have been slapped because she is a full human being, not because she doesn't have a husband to speak for her. inspirational Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
b96e2cb Groceries, baby, listen to your friend Richard. You go set your lily-white ass down in that meditation cave every day for the next three months and I promise you this--you're gonna start seeing some stuff that's so damn beautiful it'll make you wanna throw rocks at the Taj Mahal. inspirational Elizabeth Gilbert
2b520d0 So be lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. loneliness inspirational human-experience Elizabeth Gilbert
742d3ac Habeis e frios calculadores podem vir demonstrar, ainda e sempre, que o sonho do erasmismo e impossivel, e os factos poderao parecer dar-lhes razao; isso nao impede que sejam sempre necessarios os seres que indicam aos povos aquilo que os aproxima e aquilo que os divide, e que renovam no coracao dod homens a crenca em mais alta humanidade. Ha no legado de Erasmo uma promessa criadora. Aquele que mostra o espirito fora do seu quadro, nas dimensoes da Humanidade, da ao individuo uma forma sobre-humana; so as reivindicacoes ultrapessoais e que parecerem quase irrealizaveis, dao aos homens e aos povos a consciencia da sua verdadeira medida. inspirational Stefan Zweig
26429f3 By changing how you perceive things and how you act upon those perceptions, you will change your life. inspiration life philosophy inspirational non-12-step passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss quotes perception Chris Prentiss
f936b4b The totally alive, totally conscious, and totally aware Universe takes care of itself completely. It is totally self- reliant and totally self- sufficient. It is perfect. universe inspiration life inspirational metaphysics perfect quotes Chris Prentiss
7465353 Who knew it was in my power to make anyone so happy? Or that I could ever be so happy myself? My moods were a slingshot; after being locked-down and anesthetized for years my heart was zinging and slamming itself around like a bee under a glass, everything bright, sharp, confusing, wrong - but it was a clean pain as opposed to the dull misery that had plagued me for years under the drugs like a rotten tooth, the sick dirty ache of something spoiled. The clarity was exhilarating; it was as if I'd removed a pair of smudged-up glasses that fuzzed everything I saw. All summer long I had been practically delirious: tingling, daffy, energized, running on gin and shrimp cocktail and the invigorating whock of tennis balls. And all I could think was Kitsey, Kitsey, Kitsey! love inspirational Donna Tartt
60cbfc6 We're in such a hurry most of the time we never get a chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day to day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering where all the time went and sorry that it's all gone. inspirational zen-buddhism philosophy-of-life Robert M. Pirsig
abd302c Vi rendete conto che tutta la grande letteratura - Moby Dick, Huckleberry Finn, Addio alle armi, La lettera scarlatta, Il segno rosso del coraggio, l' Iliade e l' Odissea, Delitto e castigo, la Bibbia e The Charge of the Light Brigade di Tennyson - parla di che fregatura sia la vita degli esseri umani? (Non e liberatorio che qualcuno lo dica chiaro e tondo?) literature life inspirational Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3183313 Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling donut? inspirational Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
ecc045f And you will be scared again. All your life. You must conquer this. Face them and pretend that aren't there inspirational Mitch Albom
27740eb Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives life-lessons inspirational philosophy-of-life Mitch Albom
b7c4528 Svenska Dagbladet var inte bara en ursinnigt antisovjetisk publikation, det var ocksa den tidning den svenska motparten anvande mest for att kanalisera sin aktivism; alla dessa standiga bevislosa historier om Sovjetunionens militara aktiviteter runt Sveriges kust. science inspirational Jan Guillou
bc50156 It's hard to be happy in the now when you can't stop worrying about the future. What I want is to trust that everything will work out. To believe with all my heart that I'll end up where I belong. happy future inspirational Lisa Schroeder
995a912 Pjesnik ciji nas stihovi ushicuju mozda je bio tuzan usamljenik a glazbenik neki sjetan sanjar, ali i tada njegovo djelo dijeli vedrinu bogova i zvijezda. Ono sto nam umjetnik daje, to vise nije njegov mrak, njegova patnja ili tjeskoba, to je kaplja cisste svjetlosti, vjecite vedrine. Kad i cijeli narodi i jezici pokusavaju doprijeti do dubine svijeta, u mitovima, kozmologiji i raznim religijama, ono posljednje i najvise sto mogu dostici, to je ta vedrina. Sjecas li se starih Indijaca, nas je stari waldzellski ucitelj jednom o njima pricao: svijt patnje, razmisljanja, pokore, askeze; ali posljednja velika otkrica njegova duha bila su svijetla i vedra, vedar je smjesak onih koji su preboljeli svijet i smjesak Buddhe, vedri su likovi njegove dubokoumne mitologije. philosophy inspirational Hermann Hesse
c54ad9f The spirit and soul are the body and brain, which are destructible-that is precisely why they are so precious. thoughts spirit inspirational-quotes living life-lessons life wisdom inspirational surviving-life people-of-color wise-words soul-searching security thoughtful survival soul Ta-Nehisi Coates
1d09d58 And why?' He pauses. 'I did it because you are the epitome of ordinariness, Ed. And if a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.' And that's when I realize, in a sweet cruel beautiful moment of clarity. I smile, watch a crack in the cement, and speak Audrey and the Doorman. I tell them what I'm telling you now: I'm not the messenger at all, I'm the message. inspirational Markus Zusak
8d560a7 A lot of who you were in middle age was determined before you had a chance to manipulate, control, or eve understand the things around you. It was no mystery, he thought, why some old people's minds returned to their youth; the wonder of those years, the discoveries, the first experience with the dirty secret of death, and the first stirrings of lust and love were indelible, drawn in luminous colors on clean canvas. Indeed, the first sex act was so mind-boggling that most people could still remember it clearly twenty, thirty, sixty years later. sex romance science humor life love wisdom inspirational old lust Nelson DeMille
d3b761e Freedom, wholeness, and true success can only be found when you are living a praying life. That means walking so close to God that He can keep you away from danger and guide you where you need to go inspirational Stormie Omartian
caebd80 I needed a drink. I needed a lot of life insurance. I needed a vacation. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. writing inspirational hard-boiled Raymond Chandler
1f0cb53 Of all the crowns that Bruenor had worn or would, none was more important than that of Father. inspirational emotional journey R.A. Salvatore
fbcb90d Mira, Govinda, esta es una de las cuestiones que he descubierto: la sabiduria no es comunicable. La sabiduria que un erudito intenta comunicar, siempre suena a simpleza. inspirational sabiduria Hermann Hesse
f0bf718 We are Henceforth-mongers, trying to make our Henceforth the most enticing. Because the secret of everyone who comes to London - who comes to any big city - is that they came here because they did not feel normal, back at home. The only way they will ever feel normal is if they hijack popular culture with their weirdness... and make the rest of the world suddenly wish to become as weird as them. inspirational fame normal london city Caitlin Moran
6f88448 Friendship: the word has come to mean many different things among the various races and cultures of both the Underdark and the surface of the Realms. In Menzoberranzan, friendship is generally born out of mutual profit. While both parties are better off for the union, it remains secure. But loyalty is not a tenet of drow life, and as soon as a friend believes that he will gain more without the other, the union - and likely the other's life - will come to a swift end. I have had few friends in my life, and if I live a thousand years, I suspect that this will remain true. There is little to lament in this fact, though, for those who have called me friend have been persons of great character and have enriched my existence, given it worth. First there was Zaknafein, my father and mentor who showed me that I was not alone and that I was not incorrect in holding to my beliefs. Zaknafein saved me, from both the blade and the chaotic, evil, fanatic religion that damns my people. Yet I was no less lost when a handless deep gnome came into my life, a svirfneblin that I had rescued from certain death, many years before, at my brother Dinin's merciless blade. My deed was repaid in full, for when the svirfneblin and I again met, this time in the clutches of his people, I would have been killed - truly would have preferred death - were it not for Belwar Dissengulp. My time in Blingdenstone, the city of the deep gnomes, was such a short span in the measure of my years. I remember well Belwar's city and his people, and I always shall. Theirs was the first society I came to know that was based on the strengths of community, not the paranoia of selfish individualism. Together the deep gnomes survive against the perils of the hostile Underdark, labor in their endless toils of mining the stone, and play games that are hardly distinguishable from every other aspect of their rich lives. Greater indeed are pleasures that are shared. - Drizzt Do'Urden inspirational drizzt forgotten-realms salvatore exile R.A. Salvatore
6bd852d That those who aim at happiness for happiness's sake often fail to find it, whereas others find happiness in pursuing altogether different goals, has been called 'the paradox of hedonism'. It is not, of course, a logical paradox but a claim about the way in which we come to be happy. Like other generalizations on this subject, it lacks empirical confirmation. Yet it matches our everyday observations and is consistent with our nature as evolved, purposive beings. Human beings survive and reproduce themselves through purposive action. We obtain happiness and fulfillment by working towards and achieving our goals. In evolutionary terms, we could say that happiness functions as an internal reward for our achievements. Subjectively, we regard achieving the goal (or progressing towards it) as a reason for happiness. Our own happiness, therefore, is a by-product of aiming at something else and is not to be obtained by setting our sights on happiness alone. inspirational meaning-of-life Peter Singer
3e07718 If your attitude is one of gratefully searching for God's truth & goodness in any situation, it will change your life. god hope inspirational motivational-quotes christian Stormie Omartian
fa0b2d7 Obedience to God's Word begins by being determined to make no compromise with His ways. It requires a clear understanding that God's rules and laws are for your benefit, and for you to do all you can to live by them. christianity god inspirational god-s-word motivational-quotes christian-living Stormie Omartian
1c266a3 "Should' is my all time least favorite words inspirational should Frank Beddor
e1d4202 "Be careful," she said. "You can't fight a tiger." "Yes you can," he said. "You can if you are a tiger yourself." inspirational fight tiger Nadeem Aslam
75e4779 In tutta sincerita, mi sforzo di prendere la faccenda allegramente, anche se, a dispetto delle mie proteste, la maggior parte delle persone trova difficile credermi. Per favore, fidati di me. Posso davvero essere allegra. Posso essere amabile. Affettuosa. Affabile. E queste sono solo le parole che cominciano per A. Non chiedermi pero di essere bella: essere bella non e da me. death humor inspirational Markus Zusak
1994233 "I do want something more. I'm not content to be happy, that's not what I'm cut out to be, not what fate intended for me. I'm destined to be the very opposite. I had more than my fair share of unhappiness but my unhappiness was stupid, barren... Because if I wanted to die, and I did, I ought not to have been so afraid of death. The unhappiness I'm in need of and longing for is different. It's of a kind that will make me hunger for suffering and lust for death. That's the sort of unhappiness, or happiness, I am waiting for. suicide suffering motivation inspirational happyness self-improvement Hermann Hesse
fa6c4d5 It's only when we acknowledge God as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, that we can receive His love for us. christianity motivational god inspirational holy-spirit god-s-love Stormie Omartian
63d8f7f Do you know, my arm must be black and blue from the elbow up, for I've pinched myself so many times today. Every little while a horrible sickening feeling would come over me and I'd be afraid it was all a dream. Then I'd pinch myself it see if it was real- until suddenly I remembered that even supposing it was only a dream I'd better go on dreaming as long as I could; so I stopped pinching. inspirational L.M. Montgomery
60925f6 Pero ya al dia siguiente todo volvia a ser igual que siempre, porque a los visegradenses no les gusta recorfar lo malo ni preocuparse por adelantado; en la sangre llevan la certidumbre de que la buena vida se compone de treguas y de que seria alocado y absurdo enturbiar estas escasas treguas buscando una vida mas firme y estable que no existe. inspirational slice-of-life Ivo Andrić
9e998f7 I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I now. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy. Doubt meets disbelief and disbelief tries to push it out. But disbelief is a poorly armed foot soldier. Doubt does away with it with little trouble. You become anxious. Reason comes to do battle for you. You are reassured. Reason is fully equipped with the latest weapons technology. But, to your amazement, despite superior tactics and a number of undeniable victories, reason is laid low. You feel yourself weakening, wavering. Your anxiety becomes dread. inspirational Yann Martel
04047e7 Because what is love if not an exercise in faith. Because what is love if not perseverance. Because what is love if not forgiveness. love inspirational Lisa Gardner
e8aed6a If your lifestyle makes you wonder if Jesus really is your King, that is actually a good thing. You are understanding the truth. But you should also be amazed that the King never stops inviting you to himself and his kingdom. That is either very weird, or it's holy. If someone kept offering you a free invitation to a grand and expensive party, and you kept shoving it back in his face, at some point the host would stop making the offer. But God loves to invite you. He loves to invite those who can't pay the cover charge, so that he can pay it for them. That way, you and everyone else know that God himself did it all. You added nothing to make the relationship possible. That is what people mean by grace. There is no room for boasting. If you know God as Holy Father, King, and Lord, you are moving in a direction from astonishment to devotion, devotion to reverence, and reverence to worship that delights in obeying him. inspirational grace Edward T. Welch
1df49aa "I was too irritable from the drive to go straight into the D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum and Gift Shop so I ordered a calming cup of tea in the White Peacock Cafe. 'Mug or cup?' 'Cup please,' I said, thinking that I could have said 'I said "cup".' I said cup because I have never enjoyed tea from a mug - and for that matter, only rarely from a cup. Basically I don't like tea but what else is there? Life is really no more than a search for a hot drink one likes." inspirational Geoff Dyer
90ce768 Bukan kegagalan yang merupakan kejahatan, tapi cita-cita yang dangkal. inspirational life-lesson novel L.M. Montgomery
c1c8a67 The deepest reason why the Church is weak and the world is dying is that there are not enough saints. No, that's not quite honest. The reason is that WE are not saints. inspirational saints Peter Kreeft
4c208d8 Das Leben ist zu kurz, um schlechten Wein zu trinken. - Quoted from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe inspirational Ben Aaronovitch
f50f505 "I always thought that the "thriving" would come when everything was perfect, and what I learned is that it's actually down in the mess that things get good. It was such a blessing to find myself thriving in the middle of the pain. Unless you find a way to do that, there's always going to be this fake illusion that once you get there-wherever "there" is for you-you'll be happy. But that's just not life. If you can't find happiness in the ugliness, you're not going to find it in the beauty, either." inspirational Joanna Gaines
63a1f9d "Everything's a story. You are a story -I am a story". - Sara Crewe" inspirational Frances Hodgson Burnett
e57a58e Dear God, I don't want my fear to be a barrier to the blessings you are trying to bestow. Cast out my fear, and help me to trust your perfect love. But also grant me a full measure of wisdom. Do not let me be led astray by my own desires. If it is not your will that I pursue a relationship with Levi, I pray that you will stop me. Make your message so clear that I cannot argue it away. Protect me, Lord, and show me the way I should go. relationships prayer religion wisdom inspirational faith-quotes godly-woman historical Karen Witemeyer
4e78ed0 I've chosen fear over faith more times than I can count,' she admitted. 'And every time I did, I ended up with regrets. faith fear inspirational christian-quotes faith-in-god living-by-faith regrets-of-yesterday faith-quotes encouragement Karen Witemeyer
59d0ea5 "In the way of a reflection of my family and friends I mused at the number of people that I encountered during the past 85 years. Everyone here has played an important part but there have been others, many of whom have now passed across the horizon of life, however the purpose of my reminiscing is to share happy thoughts while at the same time take a peek into the future. I can look back to those first few glimpses of my life and find my grandmother Ohme, Gertrude Thieme standing at what I perceived to be a high kitchen counter making sandwiches using a slice of almost not eatable German black bread they called schwartsbrod. With great care she laden it with lard, blootwurst or sometimes liberwurst, topped with the half of a crusty Keiser roll. I always got the heel of the roll, with a quarter lengthwise slice of a crunchy dill pickle. It was the first and last time I remember seeing her before she returned to Germany and the war. inspirational german-language mma-captain-hank-bracker world-war-2 speech Captain Hank Bracker "Seawater One"
99f1908 Our culture has more to gain from inner stillness than incessant pushing. inspirational inner-stillness spirituality-quotes Alan Cohen
f04f3e8 Perhaps he felt a touch of gratitude too for the fact that they had each other, for better or worse. They might be facing the worse right now, but the fact that they could lean on each other in the midst of it moved it into the better category. marriage relationship love inspirational togetherness faithfulness Karen Witemeyer
3d8180a One of the gifts we receive from Jesus is an entirely new foundation upon which to build our lives. Once you receive Him, He becomes your new foundation and every day you walk with Him, you build on it. prayer jesus god life love inspirational gifts Stormie Omartian
b27559b Joanna pivoted and bit back a groan of despair.Crockett Archer was even more handsome than she'd remembered. Somehow his rancher's clothing made him seem more approachable, more...within her reach. And if that wasn't the most ridiculous notion, she didn't know what was. A man with his looks and kind heart could have any woman he chose. He'd never settle for a shy, freckled redhead with an ex-outlaw for a father. She was everything the ideal preacher's wife was not. romance inspirational joanna-robbins Karen Witemeyer
bf8abf0 So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. inspirational Mitch Albom
5d338f9 [Fitzgerald's] latter work represents essentially best qualities of chivalry and decency now too often lacking in the English themselves. literature inspirational fscottfitzgerald malcolmlowry scottfitzgerald decency Malcolm Lowry
ebac706 I kako ovaj tvoj spis ne ide ni za cim drugim nego da unisti ugled i vlast koju i medu svijetom i medu svjetinom uzivaju viteske knjige, ne treba ti prosjaciti sentencije od filozofa, recenice iz Svetog pisma, price od pjesnika, govore od retora, cudesa od svetaca, nego nastoj da ti u knjizi budu krepke, valjane i dobro probrane rijeci, pa da ti pricanje i recenice poteku zvucno i ugodno, koliko god mozes, znas i volis, a da misli svoje iskazujes ne brkajuci ih i ne zamracujuci. Nastoj i o tome da se citajuci tvoju historiju melankolik nasmije, smjesljivac da puca od smijeha, priprostomu da ne bude na dosadu, razborit covjek neka se divi invenciji, ozbiljan neka je ne odvrgne, a umnik neka je svagda hvali. Sve u sve, upni da razoris lose osnovanu zgradu tih viteskih knjiga sto ih mnogi mrze a jos brojniji hvale; ako to postignes, nisi postigao malenkost. inspirational wrting renaissance prologue spain Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
805d02b I don't believe that death comes at the end of a life. I believe your death was there at your birth with you. It was the unknown presence. Every step of the road of your life that you take, your death is beside you. life inspirational John O'Donohue
eea2633 Where the imagination is alive, wonder is completely alive. Where the imagination is alive, possibility is awake because imagination is the great friend of possibility. Possibilities are always more interesting than their facts. wonder inspirational possibility John O'Donohue
b8ff7e2 I have known both of you all your lives, have carried your Daddy in my arms and on my shoulders, kissed and spanked him and watched him learn to walk. I don't know if you've known anybody from that far back; if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on time and human pain and effort. Other people cannot see what I see whenever I look into your father's face, for behind your father's face as it is today are all those other faces which were his. Let him laugh and I see a cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember and I hear in his present laughter his laughter as a child. Let him curse and I remember him falling down the cellar steps, and howling, and I remember, with pain, his tears, which my hand or your grandmother's so easily wiped away. But no one's hand can wipe away those tears he sheds invisibly today, which one hears in his laughter and in his speech and in his songs. relationships inspirational parenting James Baldwin
99ba60c When you can't find someone to follow, find a way to lead by example. feminism inspirational Roxane Gay
e3585fa Mi sgridano perche non riesco a vedere quello che vedono loro. inspirational wintergirls mia anorexia bulimia Laurie Halse Anderson
ba70737 !Vamos!, si te asustas tan pronto, ?que dejas para mas tarde? fear inspirational verne Jules Verne
257b37a Was [Steve Jobs] smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius. His imaginative leaps were instinctive, unexpected, and at times magical. [...] Like a pathfinder, he could absorb information, sniff the winds, and sense what lay ahead. Steve Jobs thus became the greatest business executive of our era, the one most certain to be remembered a century from now. History will place him in the pantheon right next to Edison and Ford. More than anyone else of his time, he made products that were completely innovative, combining the power of poetry and processors. With a ferocity that could make working with him as unsettling as it was inspiring, he also built the world's most creative company. And he was able to infuse into its DNA the design sensibilities, perfectionism, and imagination that make it likely to be, even decades from now, the company that thrives best at the intersection of artistry and technology. inspirational innovator brilliant apple computers innovation genius technology Walter Isaacson
e6f9a28 The power of an idea whose time has come is really the power of Spirit at work. Equality for all is how God is, for instance, and we seek to be like God. When enough of us, along with one or two at visionary consciousness, begin to contemplate these in-Spirit ideas, they can't be stopped. inspirational Wayne W. Dyer
2e19708 Feel these muscles and understand how they boast the truth! truth inspirational muscles Hiromu Arakawa
c1e5bea That's the beginning of heroism, the decision to try. inspirational try Gregory Maguire
b221e2a I am well pleased with Thy will, whatever it is, or should be in all respects, and if Thou bidst me decide for myself in any affair, I would choose to refer all to Thee, for Thou art infinitely wise and cannot do amiss, as I am in danger of doing. I rejoice to think that all things are at Thy disposal, and it delights me to leave them there. Then prayer turns wholly into praise, and all I can do is to adore and bless Thee. prayer inspirational Arthur Bennett
9355cf4 Kakav smo to svijet napravili kad u njemu vise ni neznalice ne mogu da budu srecne? wonder inspirational Carlos Ruiz Zafón
73fe79a I libri sono per me una casa. I libri non fanno una casa, una casa, nel senso che, cosi come apri una porta, apri un libro e ci entri. inspirational booklover Jeanette Winterson
4dbecca There in the highlands, clear weather held for much of the time. The air lacked its usual haze, and the view stretched on and on across rows of blue mountains, each paler than the last until the final ranks were indistinguishable from the sky. It was as if all the world might be composed of nothing but valley and ridge. nature inspirational cold-mountain inman north-carolina Charles Frazier
b3a4710 Your Majesty, I am a soldier, not a statesman; and I have no great philosophy but that I love my country. I came because it was my duty as a Christian and a man; now it is my duty to return. honesty inspirational duty soldier Naomi Novik
f94efd1 Doubt can paralyze you, can make you not want to do anything. But if you learn to channel it, to turn those feelings away from yourself and out at the world you can doubt what's impossible. faith inspirational Brian K. Vaughan
455734e Ti do un consiglio: quando sei giovane e ti capita di leggere qualcosa che non ti piace affatto, mettilo da parte e rileggilo tra tre anni dopo. Se ancora non ti piace, rileggilo dopo altri tre anni. E quando sei giovane - quando arrivi ai cinquant'anni come me - rileggerai il libro che ti e piaciuto in assoluto di meno. books inspirational booklover lettura leggere Jeanette Winterson
8950121 "Bran said, "Why should some of the Riders of the Dark be dressed all in white and the rest all in black?" "Without colour...." Will said reflectively. "I don't know. Maybe because the Dark can only reach people at extremes-- blinded by their own shining ideas, or locked up in the darkness of their own heads." philosophy inspirational susan-cooper Susan Cooper
95c6b36 When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. inspirational Timothy Ferriss
a137119 Sin valor para arriesgar la vida por nuestro hermano, no somos mas que politicos: vociferantes putas de la retorica inspirational true-friends Christopher Moore
b82cbb2 Zhizn' -- odinochestvo, izredka narushaemoe bogami, kotorye drazniat nas svoei druzhboi i sluchainym trakhom. humor inspirational philosophy-of-life Christopher Moore
f44b203 Take the helm and sail your own ship. Don't just get into the boat with nobody at the helm and merely hope that the waves of life take you somewhere good. life-lessons inspirational Joyce Meyer
06d65ba For a long while she only looked at him ... as if she didn't want to interrupt the beautiful moment with words. love-quotes love inspirational Karen Kingsbury
8dc5c1a "Can I sleep with you?" asked Oz. "Kinda scary in my room. Pretty sure I saw a troll in the corner." Lou said, "Get up here." Oz climbed next to her. Oz suddenly looked troubled. "When you get married, who am I going to come get in bed with when I'm scared, Lou?" "One day you're gonna get bigger than me, then I'm going to be running to you when I get scared." family-relationships inspirational sister Baldacci David
e2d40c1 We are all beautiful in the eyes of God. inspirational John Marco
21a9af6 ... and she was awed to see that vibrant life still struggled to thrive despite such destruction. metaphor wisdom inspirational garden flowers Lois Lowry
e99791c I had left my anger somewhere long ago. Put it down on a park bench and walked away. And yet. It had been so long, I didn't know any other way of being. One day I woke up and said to myself: It's not too late. The first days were strange. I had to practice smiling in front of the mirror. But it came back to me. It was as if a weight had been lifted. I let go, and something let go of me. happiness inspirational forgiveness Nicole Krauss
dab34e9 One of the unexpected and wonderfully fair things I have learned in my career is that if Hollywood were filled just with perfect-looking people, then soap operas would be the most-watched things in the world. But they're not. Looks are great, but they're not compelling enough. I've noticed that successful actors with long careers are usually talented actors with charismatic screen presences, and all of them exude one thing: confidence. success inspirational hollywood Mindy Kaling
c75f499 (...) 6,400,099,980 moments that constitute a single day. His point is that every single one of those moments provides an opportunity to reestablish our will. Even the snap of a finger, he says, provides us with sixty-five opportunities to wake up and to choose actions that will produce beneficial karma and turn our lives around. time opportunities life inspirational desicions will choices Ruth Ozeki
2fe9c4d When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate--the genetic and neural fate--of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. gratitude life inspirational Oliver Sacks
e026bd7 If your husband's self-image needs a makeover, be patient. The answers don't come overnight when a long-held pattern of thinking has to be broken. But you can appropriate the power of God to fight the enemy that feeds him familiar lies, so your husband can be free to hear His truth. Remember that God will reveal glimpses of the key to breaking any of your husband's bad habits. As you pray for your husband's self-image, He will show you how to pray. prayer relationship inspirational wife quotes patience Stormie Omartian
64acbc8 I'd learned more about her in that exhausted, murmuring hour than in all the many months before it. Lovers find their way by such insights and confidences: they're the stars we use to navigate the ocean of desire. And the brightest of those stars are the heartbreaks and sorrows. The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering. So I took each sadness she confessed to me, and pinned it to the sky. spiritual happiness love inspirational Gregory David Roberts
c5a5fd9 Seduto su un macigno eroso dai venti, dal sole e dalle piogge degli uragani, Carter ne contemplo la cresta denudata, dorata dalla luce del tramonto. Grazie a Tutankhamon, quel regno del nulla si era trasformato in speranza: in esso, tutto restava immobile e immutabile, perche su quella terra degli dei nulla era cominciato nel tempo e nulla nel tempo sarebbe finito. inspirational tutankhamon Christian Jacq
2885c8e Now I appreciate that for those of you who have stayed with me this far, there's nothing too surprising about this romantic development. You probably saw it coming. But I didn't love inspirational James Patterson
8936694 Rough work with a soul will always be open to all, including condemnation & reviling, while fine work housing emptiness is closed to all insults & is easily ivied over with paid praises inspirational commercialization creativity Richard Flanagan
49c148c It was a gambler's action, but his whole life had probably been made up of gambles; it could hardly be otherwise in the outback. life inspirational Nevil Shute
98e823f Leadership is influence leadership inspirational personal-growth John C. Maxwell
7348763 What would you do if you weren't afraid? self-help-women women inspirational business career self-help Sheryl Sandberg
9aeb3a5 In high school I developed a habit of wandering through shopping malls after school, swaying through the bright, chill mezzanines until I was so dazed with consumer goods and product codes, with promenades and escalators, with mirrors and Muzak and noise and light, that a fuse would blow in my brain and all at once everything would become unintelligible: color without form, a babble of detached molecules. Then I would walk like a zombie to the parking lot and drive to the baseball field, where I wouldn't even get out of the car, just sit with my hands on the steering wheel and stare at the Cyclone fence and the yellowed winter grass until the sun went down and it was too dark for me to see. feelings inspirational Donna Tartt
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