Quotes by American Authors - Page 1642

There will be peace in the world when we will learn to understand that there are no you and me, there is only we in this world.
Debasish Mridha
I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. Some seem to have but one vulnerable point, or door of access; while others have a thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways. It is a great triumph of skill to gain the former, but a still greater proof of generalship to maintain possession of the latter, for man must battle for his fortress at every door and window. He who wins a thousand common hearts is therefore entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.
Washington Irving
Sometimes, it is easier for people to believe lies then deal with the uncomfortableness of their own fear of action. These type of people feel uncomfortable unless everyone is the same or God presents them with what is easy and obvious. It is a life long coping mechanism for the greatest fear of all--regret.
Shannon L. Alder
As we wait and pray, God weaves his story and creates a wonder. Instead of drifting between comedy (denial) and tragedy (reality), we have a relationship with the living God, who is intimately involved with the details of our worlds. We are learning to watch for the story to unfold, to wait for the wonder.
Paul E. Miller
If he'd been any other boy, and this was any other world, I would have kissed him. Nothing could have stopped me.
Sarah Dessen
What we are waiting for is not as important as what happens to us while we are waiting. Trust the process.
Mandy Hale
Part of not being a self-centered asshole, Colin reasoned, is doing things with your friends even when you don't want to.
John Green
Maybe, it wasn't stuck in my mind. Maybe,just maybe, it was stuck in my heart for so long that it grew wings and wanted to fly, but didn't know how.
Shannon L. Alder
Hatred and disdain do harm to the donor not the intended recipient…The Strength in Knowing ----- by I. Alan Appt
I.Alan Appt
I had been able to break the curse myself. I'd had to have reason enough, love enough to do it, to find the will and the strength.
Gail Carson Levine
The more mistakes, the better the story afterwards. Especially if there's a happy ending.
Felicia Day
The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself.
Shannon L. Alder
Neither inherently good nor evil, electronic communication platforms are 100 percent dependent on user input.
Kent Alan Robinson
I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.
Susan B. Anthony
Fewer than half of churchgoers, including born-again Christians, felt strongly that their church demonstrates unconditional love.
David Kinnaman
Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
John Muir
Current utility and historical origin are different subjects.
Stephen Jay Gould
I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.
Stephen Colbert
The moment you take 100 percent responsibility for everything in your life is the same moment you claim your power to change anything in your life. However, the crucial distinction is to realize that taking responsibility is not the same thing as accepting blame. while blame determines who is at fault for something, responsibility determines who is committed to improving a situation. It rarely matters who is at fault. All that matters is that you are committed to improving your situation.
Hal Elrod
Nature is the supreme cradle of life, and must be protected and treated with the highest respect and care.
Bryant McGill
What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Jack gave her a fierce look. “Your mother gave up the best thing she had in her life. I know you miss her, I know you’re confused and have all sorts of questions for her. But you’re better than her, Lola, you’re better than all of this. “She wronged you, not the other way around. You didn’t do anything wrong. You didn’t deserve what happened to you. She’s the one that needs to feel bad, not you. “Sometimes there are no answers. You have to accept that. Maybe you’ll never know what you think you need to know, but do you really need to know all the details, really? You know she wasn’t there when you needed her, she still isn’t here when you need her, but look around, Lola.” Jack opened his arms wide. “You got me. You got your aunt. Jared. Sebastian. Rachel. Even Isabelle. “You need to realize that and move on, as best you can. I had to realize that myself. When you let go of the pain and hurt and unanswered questions, Lola, then you’ll be okay. You’re safe now.” Jack pressed a kiss to her forehead. “You’re safe now. Remember that. Believe that.
Lindy Zart
Seek opportunities to help and you will be a success
Debasish Mridha
It was a bland, tranquilized, life-adjusted, group-integrated sort of face -- the face turned out in thousands of copies every year by the educational production lines on Terra.
H. Beam Piper
When people get into their 30s plus "boyfriend" sounds weird...if you really think about it. Instead, I think we should universally start using the term "manfriend" or "snookie bookie cuddles pie".
Michelle M. Pillow
I have seen enormous changes. I have not seen enough change. I, too, can hardly wait.
Kay Mills
When you get down on your knees in front of me it won’t be out of gratitude. It’ll be because you want to be there.”--Ciaran Ross, Killer Curves
Naima Simone
Frozen yogurt is tastier than ice cream; nobody is too old for cartoons; bald men are sexy; chocolate is the best medicine; BIG books are better; cats secretly rule the planet; and everything should be available in the color pink, including monster trucks.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Wounding and healing are not opposites. They're part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to to find other people or to even know they're alone with an illness. I think I have served people perfectly with parts of myself I used to be ashamed of.
Rachel Naomi Remen
I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their mistake, not my failing.
Richard Feynman
Michael has never cried during a Broadway show. Except in that scene where Tarzan's ape father is brutally murdered.And that was only because he was laughing so hard.
Meg Cabot
Education at a deep level means to ‘lead out’ what is trying to be born from within. The job of a true teacher is to help awaken the inner pupil that has its own way of being and unique way of perceiving the world.
Michael Meade
Done is better than perfect.
Sheryl Sandberg
The only thing worse than not having your dream come true is having it come true for a little while.
Jonathan Tropper
To even begin to embrace the magnitude of God’s vision, we must first embrace our vision as being nothing more than vision by definition.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
That's brain tissue. How can you-?" Claire shut her mouth, fast. "Never mind. I don't think I wanna know.""Truly, I think that's best. Please take it." He showed his teeth briefly in a very unsettling grin. "I'm giving you a piece of my mind.""I so wish you hadn't said that.
Rachel Caine
I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.
Ricky Skaggs
There are moments in your life that you'll never forget. Some good, some bad, some life-changing. However, I never thought it was possible to fall in love with a single moment. Especially a moment with a person who's caused you so much pain. Especially when the moment puts you in your place for being a monumental asshole. -Jackson 'Blame It on the Pain
Ashley Jade
Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.
Lisa Alther
With courage, always go where you fear to go.
Debasish Mridha
[Our] struggle for liberation has significance only if it takes place within a feminist movement that has as its fundamental goal the liberation of all people.
Bell Hooks
Our plans for the future made us laugh and feel close, but those same plans somehow made anything more than temporary between us seem impossible. It was the first time I’d ever had the feeling of missing someone I was still with.
Stuart Dybek
There are things about ourselves that we need to get rid of; there are things we need to change. But at the same time, we do not need to be too desperate, too ruthless, too combative. Along the way to usefulness and happiness, many of those things will change themselves, and the others can be worked on as we go. The first thing we need to do is recognize and trust our own Inner Nature, and not lose sight of it.
Benjamin Hoff
...every piece of the laughing was a tiny bird come tumbling out to fly around the room.
Patrick Rothfuss
If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria,” Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, “I will kill you.”There was a collective gasp, and Daisy faked a swoon, sliding elegantly into Iris, who promptly stepped aside and let her hit the floor.“Oh, come now,” Mr. Grimston said. “Surely it won’t come to pistols at dawn.”“I’m not talking about a duel,” Marcus said. “I mean I will kill you right here.
Julia Quinn
If you will let it, this Blue Willow platter can represent my promise to fill your life with my trust and love and a houseful of children. - Peter Andersen
Maggie Brendan
We humans desperately seek stability in hopes, I think, that we can control our lives, though that isn't the way things work. Everything is in flux; we are dynamic beings born with expiration dates into an uncertain Universe.
Larry J. Dunlap
What if she told him how she felt, and he didn’t feel the same? She could lose him forever.
Michelle Madow
You can choose to be part of the solution or part of the problem.
Anna M. Aquino
Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist--a master--and that is what Auguste Rodin was--can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is . . . and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be . . . and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that this lovely young girl is still alive, not old and ugly at all, but simply prisoned inside her ruined body.
Robert A. Heinlein
She stood in the mirror portrait very near Margaret, close next to her, good as a mother or a friend.
Ida Hattemer-Higgins
Frailty, thy name is human!
Marty Rubin
At heart, I have always been a coper, I've mostly been able to walk around with my wounds safely hidden, and I've always stored up my deep depressive episodes for the weeks off when there was time to have an abbreviated version of a complete breakdown. But in the end, I'd be able to get up and on with it, could always do what little must be done to scratch by.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Coachable leaders are ready and willing to make the needed changes and adjustments in their lives.
Gary Rohrmayer
I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian!
Bill Watterson
I'll take crazy over stupid any day.
Joss Whedon
With tybo men there isn't much difference between fucking and killing.
Tom Spanbauer
Hell had frozen over and I was lost in its endless labyrinth.
Cameo Renae
Autograph your life with a signature of excellence.
Mark LaMoure
The men laugh at the witty line, but it is not a belly laugh. Beasley's mouth is in a wide smile, but his eyes do not laugh, for there is little reason for joy. And if eyes are indeed mirrors of the soul, then they reflect an infinite sadness. I look away, afraid of what mine might reflect
Mumia Abu-Jamal