#approves

You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#doing #faculties #found #nature #place

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#approves #business #conduct #conscience #death

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#brave #business #conduct #conscience #death

I am on my way, and tell him he better watch his ass!” Jack shouted, and I held the phone away from ear so it wouldn’t damage my eardrums. “Real mature, Jack,” Peter scoffed ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#my-blood-approves #maturity

Not to sound, you know, like a dick," Jack said carefully. "But you just dragged us out of bed to show us Jane's messy room? That's not really an emergency Mae." "She's not here!" Mae shouted, gesturing to the mess around her. "That's the emergency."  "Again, not to be a dick, but that's not really an emergency." Jack said. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#jack #mae #my-blood-approves #humor

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order? ↗

— Xun Zi

#conforms #desires #even #good #harm

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#carrying #hasn #intention #man #means

When I said it aloud, it sounded terribly creepy, which is why I had said it aloud. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#creepy #funny #my-blood-approves #funny

Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?" "The same thing you do when you don't have forever." He smiled wanly. "Live. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#ezra #forever #inspirational #my-blood-approves #vampires

I'm probably gonna have to buy like a massive entertainment center for all of these movies," Jack said, staring up at his DVD's. It overwhelmed him for a minute, so he sighed, and finally turned back to look at me. I have no idea what he was planning to say, but his jaw fell open and his eyes widened. "Holy Hell. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#movies