#do

Some people's blameless lives are to blame for a good deal. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#conduct-of-life #double-standards #hypocrisy #morality #social-norms

John Smith: Mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself. Everyday life can provide honour and valour. Let's hope that from now on this country can find its heroes in smaller places. In the most ordinary of deeds. ↗

— Paul Cornell

#doctor-who #peace #war #who #life

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#wisdom #life

At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become. ↗

— Leo Babauta

#life #questions #wisdom #life

i like scars, they remind you of things ↗

— Nirrimi Joy Hakanson

#life #memory #pain #past #scars

It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#philosophy #wisdom #life

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken! ↗

— Walter Scott

#broken #finds #heart #little #many

The image isn't reality. Even though we're used to thinking that way alot of the time. We show a kid a picture of a dog and say 'This is a doggie' - but it's not. It's just an image. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#truth #wisdom #life

for a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#love #wisdom #life

Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#life-and-living #life-lessons #living #people #petals