#disc

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#achievement #apparent #apparent failure #been #before

Forgiveness takes intelligence, discipline, imagination, and persistence, as well as a special psychological strength, something athletes call mental toughness and warriors call courage. ↗

— Edward M. Hallowell

#discipline #forgiveness #forgiving #free #psychological

Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#confident #development #discipline #growth #life

Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#compassion #discipline #love #parenting #love

Rest and peace should not be left until you're deceased. They are two vital life incredients everybody needs and seeks. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#deceased #happiness #life #life-lessons #living

I believe in reincarnation,” [Bjorn] said. I KNOW. “I tried to live a good life. Does that help?” THAT’S NOT UP TO ME. Death coughed. OF COURSE,... SINCE YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION... YOU’LL BE BJORN AGAIN. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#death #discworld #humor #reincarnation #death

The mourners clustered around the edge of the grave, paralyzed by the horror of this thing, this first discovery of death that was worse than the death itself. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#death-discovery #death

Loneliness is designed to help you discover who you are…and to stop looking outside yourself for your worth. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#discovering-who-you-are #feeling-alone #finding-yourself #happiness #happiness-comes-from-within

My life is too short, and God’s work is too great for me to think of making a home for myself in this world. ↗

— George Eliot

#home

I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing what we think, feel, and see before we die. Writing is a path to meet ourselves and become intimate. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#writing #dreams