#ck

Take no stock in saying, "never", because it carries no guarantee. ↗

— Anita R. Sneed-Carter

#church #devotional #god #guarantee #inspirational

There are no black people in Iraq, so how will they know who to shoot at? ↗

— Greg Giraldo

#how #iraq #know #people #shoot

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#ability #courage #happen #lack #never

But luck withered by conservative, tired, riskless living can be plumped up again--after all, it was only a bit thirsty for something to do. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#luck #inspirational

The robin brushes me at dusk. Our good bones fail. We leave no mark. His voice, she writes, was clear and quiet. I hear him singing in the dark. (“Edward Thomas’ Daughter”) ↗

— Alison Brackenbury

#inspirational #poetry #inspirational

Sticks and stones build strong houses ↗

— Melody Carstairs

#sticks-and-stones #strength-of-character #inspirational

It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that distain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life. ↗

— Jane Austen

#emma #integrity #jane-austen #man #trick

I train my muscles, and I do a lot of stretching, and try to kick higher. But for me, practicing kung-fu is a way to relax myself. ↗

— Stephen Chow

#i #i do #kick #lot #me

It was around 4 p.m. in the afternoon. I was just taking a nap. Luckily, my sister was home. ↗

— Sherman Austin

#around #home #i #just #luckily

And those hard slovos, brothers, were like the beginning of my freedom. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#burgess #clockwork-orange #inspirational #freedom