#advice

Merrill Krause - "My brothers have scared off just about any fellow who showed interest in getting to know me." Granny Lassiter - "Well, if a man can't stand up to those brothers of yours, you needn't even consider him. A man ought to be able to hold his own with his wife's family. ↗

— Tracie Peterson

#brothers #funny #humor #family

Sometimes not much is just enough. ↗

— John O'Callaghan

#free #freedom #life #life-lesson #live

I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say ‘I’m bored. ↗

— Louis CK

#bored #boredom #inspirational #reprimand #young

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart. ↗

— Adrian Tan

#inspirational #life #love #inspirational

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#confidence #inspirational #motivational #prayer #inspirational

Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#eragon #garrow #inheritance #inspirational #intelligence

If you swim effortlessly in the deep oceans, ride the waves to and from the shore, if you can breathe under water and dine on the deep treasures of the seas; mark my words, those who dwell on the rocks carrying nets will try to reel you into their catch. The last thing they want is for you to thrive in your habitat because they stand in their atmosphere where they beg and gasp for some air. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#envy #inspirational-quotes #jealousy #mermaid #self-awareness

I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what to do." "A rule?" "If you have to choose between something that has form and something that doesn't, go for the one without form. That's my rule. Whenever I run into a wall I follow that rule, and it always works out. Even if it's hard going at the time. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life

I know from the bottom of my heart and with all of it, that it doesn't matter if at the end of your life you can say that you shared the best of yourself with the rest of the world and it doesn't matter if everyone in the world remembers you as wonderful; but what matters is if at the end of your life you can say that you shared the best of yourself with the handful of people who are around you, that you gave the wonderful in you, to the people you love and who love you. Happiness never has and never will come from fame. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#fame #happiness #inspirational-life #inspirational-love #inspirational-quotes

Let go of the mistakes and the sins of others. You'll have plenty of time to make your own mistakes, the rest of your life to commit your own sins. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#dont-be-judgmental #life-and-living #mistakes #sins #life