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Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
..he wanted her. And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.
My intention is to live more fully each moment with who - how - I actually am, not who I imagine I will be one day.
The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.
I wonder at what point my life swerved to avoid that, and if that life would have been nicer than the one I've got.
I have a little mantra: 'My fear grows fat on the energy I feed it. And if it grows very big, it probably happens.'
Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing.
I try to know as much as I can about a book before the beginning, but I never know exactly where it's going to end.
An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words
Avoiding where others go wrong is an important step in achieving investment success. In fact, it almost assures it.
Don't short many stocks. Instead they hedge for tail risk with CDS and options. They are happy to incur illiquidity
I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.
Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'.
Razo was sorely tempted to assert that all was true and he'd lost his horns and tail in a tragic childhood accident
In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.
Traveling the world can be an amazing - and even better - a happy experience. You just have to do it the right way.
[I'm a conscious parent when I] believe that my child matters more than their relationship to academics or success.
There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.
If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.
A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.
We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.
Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse.
The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.
Too many people write books because they want to be a New York Times best-seller. They want the glory and the fame.
Oh, and just so you know, before we go out to the field we all get into a huddle and yell 'Go Queers!' really loud.
There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.
What does peace do? Peace blossoms. What else? Peace spreads. What else? Peace illumines. What else? Peace fulfils.
In choosing not to be a beast, I discovered my humanity. I became autodidactic, self-educated - a critical thinker.
Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men.
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses
Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
I do think that the kind of writing that I do will always be around and printed in books, magazines, and now blogs.
. . . it's not just the people we love, but the people we let love us back who show us how high we can really soar.
Just because you discover that you may like somebody after all, it doesn't necessarily mean there's any attraction.
In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.
Thought and action can be perceived as two different dimensions of who you are: the mental you and the physical you
If we didn't have genetic mutations, we wouldn't have us. You need error to open the door to the adjacent possible.
It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.
When we sit down to work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.
The issue is jobs. You can't get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody.
The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
I'm such a history-nerd that, with time for research, I could probably enjoy writing in just about any time period.
Love isn't logical, or even our choice. Love chooses us. Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.
Following your heart means allowing the possibility of finding true love to be stronger than the fear of rejection.
If I’d stopped believing that my life would eventually get better, I don’t think I would have survived high school.
He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to listen to him.
The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men.
It'll be okay." She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?
The only way you will ever permanently take control of your financial life is to dig deep and fix the root problem.