Quotes by American Authors - Page 641

Every deal can be closed. Every prospect can become a buyer. Every no can turn into a yes. In any market. In any economy. There is always an angle. There is always another attempt. There is no law against how much you can prospect, or how many times you can try to close a deal. There are more than enough ideas and millions of resources and billions of people out there to make any dream that you want, a reality. The only mental chain that will ever imprison you in a life of scarcity, is a belief that there is not enough, or that there is not a way to make what you want possible.  This chapter is going to awaken and stir up a monster of influence and achievement inside you. This monster works by being totally aware of all the resources that you have at your disposal, and not being afraid to any means to influence. ”Excerpt From: “Unlimited Influence: Sell Any Idea One On One - Chapter: Gun To Your Head
Jonathan DeCollibus
Aren't you going a little overboard?" I asked, picturing a day ahead of me trying to find these items in a town I didn't know."Nonsense, darling. What's the point of a party if you don't go overboard."I sat on the sofa watching her, admiring her. Not only was she beautiful, but she had a wonderful way of shaking off life's little problems, like water off a duck's back. Nothing seemed to upset her.
Rhys Bowen
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
Mark Twain
All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is also a reflection of human nature, that most people care more about their appearance than they do about their souls.
Dean Koontz
Choose your friends and mates, not by the money in their bank account, creed, ethnicity, or color; instead, choose character, actions, heart, and soul. When we bleed, we bleed the same color.
Ana Monnar
When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be.
Julia Glass
Within moments she stood naked before him,aside from her garters and stockings."Why is it that ye always strip me bare but leave these things on?" she asked absently as he stepped back to work at his own clothing."To give you something to complain about?" he said with a big grin.
Lydia Dare
I want to be a ripple in the infinite ocean of love.
Debasish Mridha
I snap and storm around and then spend long nights thinking of the most damaged adults I know and wondering if my particular brand of maternal fuckups are how they ended up like that.
Kelly Corrigan
We can assume that those who ‘have it all’ and express an arrogant and greedy attitude, appears to be unthankful.
Ellen J. Barrier
Leo got up and brushed himself off. "I hate that guy". He offered Jason his arm like they should go skipping together."I`m Dylan. I`m so cool, I want to date myself, but I can`t figure out how! You want to date me instead? You`re so lucky!""Leo" Jason said "You`re weird
Rick Riordan
Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.
Dan Pearce
Words are useless without action. Stop fantasizing and just DO it. Be a "game changer" or get played like an idiot.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
People are like songs to me. About 60 seconds in, I'll know whether or not to add them to my 'favorites.
Crystal Woods
It’s a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why.
Jason Fried
The quality of a man is not determined by the opinions that others hold of him, nor by the opinions that he holds of himself. The quality of a man is determined only by his actions and the choices that he makes. Only that and that alone.
C. JoyBell C.
Joy is not the absence of darkness. Joy is confidence that the darkness will lift.
Rebekah Lyons
Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Conrad Hilton
How do I shape my reality? I use wisdom and strategy to shift the possible to the probable... Then, effort and consistency will bridge the probable to the inevitable. Success is a behavior... I make sure my mindset and actions are working in alignment.
Steve Maraboli
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.
Anne Lamott
When your ears hear and your eyes see the sin, weakness, or failure of your husband or wife, it is never an accident; it is always grace. God loves your spouse, and he is committed to transforming him or her by his grace, and he has chosen you to be one of his regular tools of change.
Paul David Tripp
It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.
Sarah Dessen
Alone in her shelter, she allowed herself tears. When her shelter cooled to the touch she called to Gull, “Coming out!” She eased her head out into the smoky air, looked over at Gull. She imaged they both looked like a couple of sweaty, parboiled turtles climbing out of their shells.“Hello, gorgeous.”She laughed. It hurt her throat, but she laughed. “Hey, handsome.
Nora Roberts
We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear.
Randolph Bourne
You know what feels really fucking awesome? Loving someone so much that it's all consuming. Telling that person you love them, even though they refuse to say it back. And then finally hearing them say that they do love you, but to someone else. To someone they have slept with. Someone that isn't you. I want to forget I heard those three words. I want to dissolve the images I have in my heard of her with him. I think I'm going to throw up.
Steph Campbell
You can't automate in the arts. Since the sixteenth century there has been no change in the number of people necessary to produce Hamlet.
William T. Wylie
Magic lies in the little things
Tiki Kos
It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.
Ellyn Bache
Sloppy raggedy-assed old life. I love it. I never want to die.
Dennis Trudell
The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.
Eudora Welty
Empty yourself of past resentment, anger, and sadness to fill it with love and pure happiness.
Debasish Mridha
He came to put a harlot above a Pharisee, a penitent robber above a High Priest, and a prodigal son above his exemplary brother. To all the phonies and fakers who would say that they could not join the Church because His Church was not holy enough, He would ask, 'How holy must the Church be before you will enter into it?' If the Church were as holy as they wanted it to be, they would never be allowed into it! In every other religion under the sun, in every Eastern religion from Buddhism to Confucianism, there must always be some purification before one can commune with God. But Our Blessed Lord brought a religion where the admission of sin is the condition of coming to Him. 'Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.
Fulton J. Sheen
Donna fight the darkness, nobody. Embrace it.
Heather R. Blair
Wolves eat dogs." That did seem to be the consensus of the village, Arkady thought. Roman shook his head as if he'd given the matter a lot of consideration. "Wolves hate dogs. Wolves hunt down dogs because they regard them as traitors. If you think about it, dogs are dogs only because of humans; otherwise they'd all be wolves, right? And where will we be when all the dogs are gone? It will be the end of civilization.
Martin Cruz Smith
Simplicity gives you the power of freedom.Kindness gives you the power of boldness.Humility gives you the power of acceptance.
Debasish Mridha
Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.
Phillip C. McGraw
When you can't die, she thought, everything sounds like a clock ticking.
Gregory Maguire
Everyone knows that the teenage years are a time ofprofound emotion. The moody, exuberant, passionate,lethargic teen is a figure that has a special place in the hall of fame of clichés—and for good reason. It’s all true. When we ourselves are teenagers, we are living life as it comes. There is no point in reflection. We are so inexperienced, there is very little to reflect on. If we fail a big test, we just move on. We win an award and we smile and say thank you. We fall in love and it’s a thrill. We get our hearts broken and we suffer.And we feel all of these highs and lows in our absolute core; it feels as if it’s never happened to anyone else because it’s never happened to us before. Only later can we look back in the comfort that perspective brings.
Rob Lowe
We are beautiful because we are sons and daughters of God, not because we look a certain way.
Kate Wicker
To be remembered is, I think, a badic human right. Not one that occurs to a person when it is there, but like a parched throat in a desert when it is gone.
Joseph Fink
The fifth gift is Hope. Through each passage and season, may you trust the goodness of life.
Charlene Costanzo
She was partial to the tie. Not too long ago he did unspeakable things to her with that tie.
Melissa Cutler
When your heart is heavy, sometimes it's just easier to retweet the words of another person who seems to know exactly how you feel.
Germany Kent
I believe we have this idea that bad things ought to be prevented from happening.
Linda Bender
She has seen him fight his own brutal nature, and the Earth itself, in order to be the parent she needs. He has helped her learn to love herself for what she is.
N K Jemisin
People don’t break up because someone’s family is a little . . . messy. If that were the case, no one would ever get married.
Laura Dave
The White House usually followed the seagull theory of management: fly in, squawk and flap and shit, and fly away.
John Frohnmayer
If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)
Dorothy Parker
Only a coward will not make the necessary changes in his or her life to make it a better one.
Jonna Erlandson
Hole..." He grips Risa's hand tighter. "Hole, Risa, hole..." And she smiles "Yes, Connor," she says. "You're whole. You're finally whole.
Neal Shusterman
Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon.""Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.Percy stifled a laugh. "Actually he's more like a great-great-...Oh, never mind. Yeah, he's your brother.""Thanks." Frank mumbled through a mouthful of flannel.
Rick Riordan
I hadn't even solved the mystery of my own body.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
...I've been ripped off, lied to, slandered, gossiped about slapped, falsely accused, and had my truths not believed. I've had my heart broken, had my pride stomped on, witnessed unforgivable acts, and heard words that hurt so much I withed that they would not replay in my head, but they did. In all these moments--some tear-soaked, some life-defining, but all character-building moments--I have felt vulnerable. And I believe these feelings of vulnerability--when a person feels scared and alone and overwhelmed and pissed off, wen the sting of unfairness bites deep--while miserable to live through, are the basis for writing compelling fiction.
Jessica Page Morrell
My name is Arianna Morganna Brittany DuLac--you can imagine why I went by the name Ryan.
Priya Ardis
...the reward centers of the brain--where the pleasure of those high-calorie foods registers--also respond to other substances that bring about pleasure....But those reward centers also respond to other gratifying things, like watching a sunset or experiencing a loving touch...So while you may not be able to change the wiring in your brain, you can "feed" those reward centers other pleasures...Biology isn't destiny when you have effective strategies...
Bob Greene
Tyson put his hand on Grover´s shoulder "I -I will go with him."I couldn´t believe I was hearing this. "Tyson are you sure?"The big guy nodded. "Goat boy needs help. We will find the god person. I am not like Hephaestus. I trust friends.
Rick Riordan
Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.
Davis Bunn
When we try to find the good in ourselves and others, we pull those good traits up out of hiding and keep them alive, verses pulling out our bad qualities.
Emilyann Girdner
Do I feel ancient to you now?" he murmered. "Too different from the person you loved before you knew this?" Her eyes were already glowing green, and her full lips parted. "No, you don't feel too ancient." Her voice was husky. "Or too different. You feel like mine. Whoever you were, whoever you are...you're mine." Mencheres smiled, his fangs stretching to their full length. "So you have spoken, so it shall be decreed. For all eternity.
Jeaniene Frost
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Dwight D. Eisenhower