#cover

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why. ↗

— William Barclay

#day #days #discover #great #life

But, astonishingly, I'm not broken. I'm not destroyed. Terrified witless, shaking, retching with fear, yes. But no longer insecure. Because during my search for how you died, I somehow found myself to be a different person. ... Living my life. And it wouldn't be my grief for you that toppled the mountain, but love. ↗

— Rosamund Lupton

#self-discovery #life

You don't have to make it big, but you do have to make a big impact. ↗

— Jamie McCall

#legacy #life-path #motivational #recovery #sobriety

I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing of her pain. I tell her, “Get a pen. Stop crying so you can write this down and start working on it tonight.” My remedy is long. But the last item on the list says: “When you wake up and find yourself living someplace where there is nobody you love and trust, no community, it is time to leave town – to pack up and go (you can even go tonight). And where you need to go is any place where there are arms that can hold you, that will not let you go. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#healing #pen #remedy #self-esteem #self-recovery

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. ↗

— Max Lerner

#discover #growing #growing up #hurt #point

Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male. ↗

— Max Lerner

#civilization #discovery #fire #greatest #human

Many of you might already recognize me as the guy in the question-mark suits appearing in the late night TV commercials and on the cover of educational books and CDs. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#appearing #books #cds #commercials #cover

It was indeed not very sound. However, those who had taken it, were in a fairer way of recovery than the others at the end of the fortnight, which was the length of time all these different courses were continued, except the oranges. ↗

— James Lind

#courses #different #end #except #fairer

Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#bob #considered #couple #cover #dylan

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is. ↗

— George Lucas

#discovered #everybody #just #matter #moving