#action

Nature wishes that woman should attract man, yet she often cunningly moulds into her face a little sarcasm, which seems to say, 'Yes, I am willing to attract, but to attract a little better kind of a man than any I yet behold ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#man #standard #woman #nature

Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercises, even over the appearance of external objects. Men who look on nature, and their fellow-men, and cry that all is dark and gloomy, are in the right; but the sombre colours are reflections from their own jaundiced eyes and hearts. The real hues are delicate, and need a clearer vision. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#darkness #human-nature #optimism #perception #perspective

Oh dios mio, she makes me burn, she makes me need. She is etching herself into mi alma ↗

— P.T. Macias

#alpha-male #cartel #erotic #erotica-romance #fbi

You can't kill an American Citizen without benefit of a trial." "I can if you're on the list, traitor." "LIST? What list? What the hell are you talking about?" BLACK LIST, July 24 ↗

— Brad Thor

#black-list #brad-thor #fiction #thriller

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#attraction

No, I mean, I don't think I like him" "Oh." That was something different. "Have you tried?" What a stupid question. "Yes! So hard! I keep waiting for a moment to come when he'll say or do something in common, but it never happens. I think he's handsome, but that's not enough to build a whole relationship on. I don't even know if he's attracted to me. Do you have any idea what kind of things he, you know, likes? ↗

— Kiera Cass

#relationship

When love comes first, actions will follow. ↗

— Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

#love #relationships #relationship

I play to win and if it looks like I've lost, its only because its not over yet. ↗

— Kiera Dellacroix

#conspiracy #mystery #romantic-suspense #romantic

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing." [The Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1995: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs (1996)] ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#choices #decision #decisiveness #inaction #right-and-wrong

Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don't talk about it; they are the ones who make a community live. ↗

— Jean Vanier

#community #talk #growth