#charm

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. ↗

— William Congreve

#bend #charms #oak #rocks #savage

I don't carry lucky charms, but I believe in those things. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#carry #charms #i #i believe #i believe in

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#analyze #any #character #charm #comedic

There's no secret to working with kids. They either charm you and you can work with them, or they don't charm you and you feel you're stuck with them. ↗

— Jerome Robbins

#either #feel #kids #secret #stuck

A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm. ↗

— Edgar Saltus

#charm #however #neglects #plain #really

I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years. ↗

— Steve Waugh

#been #charm #few #good #good luck

When you chose to follow the way of purity, did you expect it to be easy? When you decided to wait for the best, did you think that waiting would be fun? Did you think that your faith would not be tested? When you decided to take the narrow path, did no one warn you that difficulties, hardship, and tears would be part of the journey, and that you would often face rejection from others and be forced to walk alone? My daughter, that which you wait for the longest you treasure the most, and through much struggle the prize is won. ↗

— Sarah Mally

#sarah-mally #waiting #faith

Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open. ↗

— Judith Martin

#humor #manners #humor

Some were made with skill and intelligence Some with passion and charm But they, they were raw, and strived to remain so… ↗

— Pearl Pandya

#intelligence #passion #raw #skill #intelligence

Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things—though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed to become, at the same time. It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged in all kinds of activities, without getting any closer to knowing who they really were, inside. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#cyberpunk #elven-charm #humankind #insightful #life