#comp

You are mad!" she snapped, her chest heaving. "And you are a devil!" "And you, my dear," Royce imperturbably replied, "are a bitch." With that, he turned to the horrified friar and unhesitatingly announced, "The lady and I wish to be wed. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#compassion #dreams

You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. ↗

— Richard Bach

#character #dream #dreams

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. ↗

— Anatole France

#dream #good-works #inspirational #dreams

Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture in his heart is self-pity. And just about the worst thing a leader can do in front of his people is murmur and complain. ↗

— Kevin DeYoung

#leadership #leadership

No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s own culture but within oneself. ↗

— Barry Lopez

#dreams

Imagine in vibrant, wonderful detail your heart’s desire—a reality only you can envision, an adventure only you can direct. Then cradle your creation. Caress it. Mold it. Coddle it until it comes to life. And when your precious treasure grows so grand as to steal your breath away, set it free for all the world to experience. For that is how you live your dreams. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#creativity #dreams #eena #inspirational #richelle

God doesn't like it when we ask Him for the smallest things, dare to make your dream so big that He can conveniently fit into it and make your dream come true. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #success #dreams

I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#bipartisan #bit #compromise #got #i

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time only a dream. Just as the oak sleeps in the acorn, and the bird waits in the egg, so dreams are the seedlings of realities. ↗

— Jeff Wheeler

#dreams #dreams

Miriam - I'll give you any flowers you want!' Rhapsodising over the thousand scents of her body, I exclaimed: 'I'll grow orchids from your hands, roses from your breasts. You can have magnolias in your hair...!' 'And in my heart?' 'In your womb I'll set a fly-trap! ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#j-g-ballard #sex #unlimited-dream-company #dreams