#akin

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#be true #careful #good #look #nothing

How many more of us are faking the facade? How many more of us are pretending to be something we're not? Even better, how many of us will have the courage to be ourselves regardless of what others think? ↗

— Katie McGarry

#courage #faking-it #stand-up-for-yourself #courage

But he'd learned long ago that a life lived without risks pretty much wasn't worth living. Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck-deep in fear. ↗

— Tamera Alexander

#risk-taking #courage

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable. ↗

— Brené Brown

#shame #speaking #courage

At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was really the leader of vision and genius which he believed himself to be, or whether he was no more than a tyrant with the courage and cunning of a pirate. For one beat of his pulse the lame rabbit's idea shone clearly before him. He grasped it and realized what it meant. The next, he had pushed it away from him. ↗

— Richard Adams

#leadership #courage

Unfortunately, there's no test of compatibility to see how couples will survive together, despite what they say on those online dating sites. There's always a risk you take when you agree to spend the rest of your life with someone. ↗

— Jaci Burton

#taking-risk #dating

It's that Romney is taking advantage of the government's 'free stuff,' too, and has been profiting from it handsomely for a long, long time - even as he rails about the 'free stuff' that the government provides other people. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#advantage #been #even #free #free stuff

What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#impressions #quotes #speaking #teach #teaching

When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#speaking-your-mind #communication

I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making. ↗

— Ian Williams

#closer #distortion #guitar #i #i think