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The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.
The inner journey is as individual as our thumbprint. We need to guide others on their way and never impose our way upon them.
Life is a story. Why do we die? Because we live. Why do we live? Because our Maker opened His mouth and began to tell a story.
Raphael, tell him you won’t do anything to him if I get ‘damaged.’ ” “That would be a lie, Elena. I would tear out his throat.
Do tell. It might be entertaining to see who gets to you first.” “Excuse me if entertaining you isn’t at the top of my agenda.
Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
My grandfather was actually a union organizer at Walt Disney. He was an animator. He used to draw Donald Duck for Walt Disney.
In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
Women's orgasms will quadruple in intensity if she's in a beautiful, dimly lit room versus a brightly lit, uncomfortable room.
It is never smart, even in a strong democracy, to declare some debate off limits. In a weakening democracy it is catastrophic.
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.
Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
FAITH is the element, the “chemical” which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.
The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.
Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that.
When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.
Private equity has absolutely no reason to exist. The private equity holder has all the upside and the banks all the downside.
I read Eve Ensler and thought it was fabulous. Not only that, but it was really the only thing I could relate to about cancer.
A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.
Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like being in a womb.
The woman wears a floral print blouse with lots of leaves and pink flowers. Risa would like to attack her with a weed whacker.
This is not going to be easy. I'm good at being bad, but I'm bad at being good. I don't know the first thing about good deeds.
Of persons I will say this: it is difficult to tell when they are running aright but easy to see when something has gone awry.
Move forward with no second-guessing, no guilt trips, no hesitation. Your purpose is to recreate yourself anew in each moment.
A master blesses calamity, for the master knows that from the seeds of disaster (and all experience) comes the growth of self.
When gratitude replaces judgment, peace spreads throughout your body, gentleness embraces your soul, & wisdom fills your mind.
If you can tell the world who you are and what you believe without breaking stride or hesitating, you are happy with yourself.
You cannot know, and become, that which you are, in the absence of that which you are not, as I have already explained to you.
The first question in any interactive process with another is: now Who Am I, and Who Do I Want to Be, in relationship to that?
Be gentle with yourself. Kiss away your (imagined) faults and remember, if you saw you as God sees you, you would smile a lot.
The moment you surrender to love and allow it to lead you to exactly where your soul wants to go, you will have no difficulty.
The problem is, most people don't like to hear suggestions that directly confront or run counter to their most sacred beliefs.
I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don’t need anyone to believe in us. We just keep going anyhow. It’s what we do.
You don’t want to ask after the health of anyone, if you’re a funeral director. They think maybe you’re scouting for business.
Writer advice... Write. Finish things. Go for walks. Read a lot & outside your comfort zone. Stay interested. Daydream. Write.
Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they ... can never be without some element of education.
In the long run, not doing what's necessary to do the thing you're afraid will hurt you, hurts infinitely worse than doing it.
The strength of your faith is not measured by the absence of doubt, but by the faithfulness of your life in the face of doubt.
I think that when people experience something that seems to be supernatural, in some ways it cuts through the secular mindset.
I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. It took seven languages to make me; it would be nice if I could have spoken just one.
I forced myself to picture the last moments. The penultimate breath. A final sigh. And yet. It was always followed by another.
Two women can't share a house comfortably, no matter how fond they might be of each other. It's got to be one woman's kitchen.
When we start focusing on things we can do and don't think so much about the things we can't do, things really start to happen
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful.
All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.
Opportunities? They are all around us ... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
Everyone carries a bucket of water and a bucket of gas in life. A leader has learned to throw the right one at the right time.
We all want to do the will of God, and we know that there is nothing nearer to His heart than the evangelization of the world.
What if the beauty around us is meant as a reminder for the many gifts we have been given and our need to give thanks to them?