#co

My stepfather, John O'Hara, was the goodest man there was. He was not a man of many words, but of carefully chosen ones. He was the one parent who didn't try to fix me. One night I sat on his lap in his chair by the woodstove, sobbing. He just held me quietly and then asked only, "What does it feel like?" It was the first time I was prompted to articulate it. I thought about it, then said, "I feel homesick." That still feels like the most accurate description - I felt homesick, but I was home. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#family #feelings #homesick #words #courage

Comic art is just different. It's art on its own terms. ↗

— Joe Simon

#comic #different #just #own #terms

No matter what people say, your fans are the ones that come to watch the movie or come to your shows and that's the most important thing. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#fans #important #important thing #matter #most

You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#inspirational #jinnah #life #making-a-difference #selflessness

At the same time it offered the hope, as it still does, that improved understanding could better the lot of mankind. For me, growing up in the 1930s, the two motivations powerfully reinforced each other. ↗

— James Tobin

#could #does #each #growing #growing up

The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm. ↗

— Simon Sinek

#become #important #important things #make #norm

It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

#courage

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthuisasm. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#enthusiasm #perseverance #courage

You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them. ↗

— Curt Siodmak

#contagious #find #get #people #some

A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system. ↗

— Jane Smiley

#child #controversial #every #germ #ideas