#being

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is. ↗

— Kenny Rogers

#growing #old #older #perceived #upsetting

I get bitter, angry and disbelieving and I tell my kids there a lot of idiots out there. I also want them to know that being successful is not the real world - that their parents get treated better because they're on TV. ↗

— Al Roker

#angry #because #being #better #bitter

An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. ↗

— Ida Pauline Rolf

#effective #greater #human #human being #parts

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#art form #artist #being #dragging #feelings

The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#being nice #between #cards #change #cute

This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#feel #i #i feel #kind #line

You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#being #cabinet #children #dad #difference

We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you’ve been through enough relationships, you begin to suspect there’s no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why is this? Because you yourself are wrong in some way, and you seek out partners who are wrong in some complementary way. But it takes a lot of living to grow fully into your own wrongness. And it isn’t until you finally run up against your deepest demons, your unsolvable problems—the ones that make you truly who you are—that we’re ready to find a lifelong mate. Only then do you finally know what you’re looking for. You’re looking for the wrong person. But not just any wrong person: the right wrong person—someone you lovingly gaze upon and think, “This is the problem I want to have.” I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way. Let our scars fall in love. ↗

— Galway Kinnell

#completion #inspirational #love #relationships #inspirational

I have a Christian worldview and so it shapes the way that I view issues. I don't apologize for that, and I don't think people of faith ought to shrink away from being in the public arena. ↗

— John Thune

#arena #away #being #christian #faith

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance. ↗

— Paul Tournier

#being #feel #having #heart #lovable