#fe

We all wear masks and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing our own skin. ↗

— André Berthiaume

#life

They say that childhood forms us, that those early influences are the key to everything. Is the peace of the soul so easily won? Simply the inevitable result of a happy childhood. What makes childhood happy? Parental harmony? Good health? Security? Might not a happy childhood be the worst possible preparation for life? Like leading a lamb to the slaughter. ↗

— Josephine Hart

#life

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#body #brings #circumstances #confesses #does

The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They're not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion - to care about people and about your children" (217) - John Singleton "Oh Man, I've Become My Father ↗

— Denzel Washington

#life

There is no such thing as chance. Everything occurs as a result of cause and effect; what you do now will create your own future. ↗

— Sylvia Clare

#self-help #life

Recognition is what you feel when a friend sums up exactly what you’re feeling, when an author gives you the right words, when someone “gets” you. ↗

— Laurie Helgoe

#life

I realize how depraved it was to instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience, causing a distorted image of life, God, & self, leaving little if any feeling of personal worth. ↗

— Mary Griffith

#gay #leroy-arrons #lgbt #marry-griffith #prayers-for-bobby

If you could sum up your life in one sentence, then you didn’t live much of a life. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#life

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.  ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#learning #life-lessons #money #richelle #richelle-goodrich

No one can tell you what your life is goin to be, can they? No. It's never like what you expected. Quijada nodded. If people knew the story of their lives how many would then elect to live them? ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#life #life