#clarity

Clarity and focus doesn’t always come from God or inspirational quotes. Usually, it takes your mother to slap the reality back into you. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#humor #mothers #parents #humor

Freedom flourishes upon the bedrock of ethics and integrity. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#justice #leadership #wisdom #freedom

One should use common words to say uncommon things ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#naivete #simplicity #writing #simplicity

One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want. ↗

— Philip Sington

#love

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#honesty #oscar-wilde #words #writing #honesty

What you are, and who you are should provide greater clarity about where you have been and where you are headed. Although one distinguishes spiritual from physical nature, the ultimate unification of the two is the consequence of the struggle for internal, external and eternal – peace. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#consequences #direction #eternal-peace #external-peace #internal-peace

I challenge anybody to say that I wouldn't know how to approach foreign policy because, unlike some of the other people, I at least have a foreign policy philosophy, which is an extension of the Reagan philosophy. Peace through strength, and my philosophy is peace through strength and clarity. ↗

— Herman Cain

#approach #because #challenge #clarity #extension

As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with clarity, I became more and more alienated from that which my companions held, or professed to hold. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#became #began #clarity #companions #discover

Sometimes I think it's possible to mistake desire for clarity and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#clarity #desire #i #i think #mistake

I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#clarity #enjoy #i #more #much