#erin

How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that mustn't be dared. . . Is this the summit, crowning the day? How cool and quiet! We're not exultant; but delighted, joyful; soberly astonished. . . Have we vanquished an enemy? None but ourselves. Have we gained success? That word means nothing here. Have we won a kingdom? No. . . and yes. We have achieved an ultimate satisfaction. . . fulfilled a destiny. . . To struggle and to understand - never this last without the other; such is the law. . . ↗

— George Mallory

#dreams #everest #mountaineering #mountains #dreams

...the real absurdity is that to love is to suffer, but the reverse isn't always true... ↗

— John Geddes

#suffering #love

To her core, she suddenly knew she was not prepared to die at the hands of this worm. She had a betrothal ball to attend, wedding vows to declare, and a good man to love. ↗

— Catherine LaRoche

#catherine-laroche #master-of-love #love

Where humanity sowed faith, hope, and unity, joy’s garden blossomed. ↗

— Aberjhani

#americans #faith #famous-quotes-from-classic-books #haiku #haikus

I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#caused #considering #dead #dealt #god

When discouraged some people will give up, give in or give out far too early. They blame their problems on difficult situations, unreasonable people or their own inabilities. When discouraged other people will push back that first impulse to quit, push down their initial fear, push through feelings of helplessness and push ahead. They’re less likely to find something to blame and more likely to find a way through. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#blaming-others #courage #discouragement #fear #give-up

To be grounded in an attitude of compassion is to be capable of receiving and welcoming the suffering, which the other is giving us. This does not mean that we suffer for them, but that we offer them possibility of going beyond the separate self in which suffering is harbored. (59) ↗

— Jean-Yves Leloup

#compassion #grounded #oneness #receiving #separation

I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#day #discovering #female #i #incredible

I'm a recovering alcoholic so I should be home. ↗

— Kenny Hickey

#home #i #recovering #should

Dear God, I hurt. Please hold me. Amen ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#hurting #prayer #richelle #richelle-goodrich #sadness