#cooper

Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#companionship #competition #cooperation #success #imagination

I held this girl in my arms She wrapped her tiny fingers around mine. It was then that I realized. She was the fusion. The glue. The cement that bound all my pieces together. The piece that seals my puzzle. The piece that completes my life. The element that makes me who I am. Who I was. Who I'll one day be. You, baby girl. You're my final piece. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#layken-cooper #my-final-piece #slam-poetry #will-cooper #life

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others...for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received and am still receiving. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#difference #people #together #life

Learn from them, baby. You got one life, never use it just to breathe. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#life

No matter how alone you seem to be right now, just be aware that in this precise moment there are huge amounts of people who totally resonate with you, who share exactly your hopes and desires, who would be most happy to support you, just as you would be happy to support them. Be open to connect with them, and allow them to connect with you. ↗

— Franco Santoro

#cooperation #friendship #friendship

I stand up and walk forward, grabbing the arm of the desk chair. I sit back down on the bed and pull her to me until she’s flush against my legs. I place my hands on her cheeks and force her to look at me. “Layken Cooper, I love you. I’ve loved you since the second I laid eyes on you and I haven’t stopped loving you for a second since. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#this-girl #will-cooper #love

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#marriage #marriage

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#bloodhound #clary-goodwin #goodwin #money #tamora-pierce

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918) ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#enemies #justice #partners #peace #politics

I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#chaos #cooperation #organization #persuasion #pets