June 2011
1 post
“It’s an offering to God everyday when we dance.”
– Kelly Cutrone
May 2011
1 post
““So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables...”
– Benjamin Franklin via Tim Ferriss’ Amazon Kindle notes
April 2011
24 posts
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of...”
– Hellen Keller
“One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily...”
– Bruce Lee
“Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
– Charles Darwin
“Whatever you find in your mind is what you put there. Put good things there.”
– Mary Ford
“Common sense is not so common.”
– Voltaire
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Don’t be too afraid to make an enemy - sometimes courage and honesty...”
– Lucia Van Der Post
“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes...”
– Jean Paul Richter
“Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.”
– Benjamin Franklin
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Scars remind us where we’ve been, but they don’t have to dictate...”
– David Rossi, Criminal Minds
“Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false...”
– Adrienne Rich
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...”
– Cyril Connolly
“NO MAN HAS A CHANCE TO ENJOY PERMANENT SUCCESS UNTIL HE BEGINS TO LOOK IN A...”
– Napoleon Hill
“There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that...”
– Polybius
“Experience is the best teacher, but her fees are very high.”
– Anonymous
“When you make a good first impression, there is no need for second chances.”
– Anonymous
“A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.”
– Karl Kraus
“Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call...”
– John Oliver Hobbes
Watch out for the ripples
bluntcookie:
When our actions do not come from a place of pure truth and sincerity, when we lie to ourselves about what we really hope to gain from doing xyz, or seeing or speaking to so-and-so, we are only screwing ourselves. Everything boils down to the ripple effect. Action - reaction. Cause and effect. Quit being a coward and own up to your real intentions. At least then you won’t be so...
“He knows that his companions also have to adapt and is not surprised when they...”
– Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light
“The old faiths light their candles all about, but burly truth comes by and blows...”
– Lizette W. Reese
“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”
– Some dude in Sucker Punch
March 2011
29 posts
“One simple idea can change everything.”
– Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception)
“I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Always be aware of cause and effect. We have a tremendous ability to affect the lives of others in a positive or negative way. Sometimes, it’s not about fulfilling our selfish needs but about making the right decision, as difficult or painful as that may seem. Let’s think carefully before we act, but let’s make sure we DO act. At the end of the road when it’s almost...
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can...”
– Marilyn Monroe
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“What’s the world’s greatest lie?… It’s this: that at a...”
– Paulo Coelho
ANCORA IMPARO: A bit of advice... →
ancora-imparo:
Do the things you used to talk about but never did.
Know when to let go and when to hold tight.
Stop rushing.
Don’t be intimidated to say it like it is.
Stop apologizing all the time.
Learn to say no so that your yes has some oomph.
Spend time with the friends who lift you up and cut…
“MINDSETS are CONTAGIOUS… spend your time with people whose mindsets are worth...”
– http://www.stevepavlina.com/articles/cultivating-burning-desire.htm (via blunt-bold)
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in...”
– Buddha (Source: fuckyeahzenmind)
“AMEN.
“A person who cannot imagine the future is a person who cannot...”
– Alan Lightman (Einstein’s Dreams)
“There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom...”
– Alexandre Dumas
Start a ruckus
bluntcookie:
Why be so inclined to “go with the flow” at all times? What flow? Whose flow? Is anyone else trying to go with your flow? Rebel a little. It’s good for you.
So thankful for beautiful, rainy, lazy Sundays.
“I love those kind of nights that turn out unexpectedly good, great, and...”
– (via idareyoutoclickthis)
