#gem

In a world full of cynics, critics, and competitors, we get to choose instead to be cheerleaders for others. ↗

— Shelley Hendrix

#friendship #humility #identity #identity-in-christ #relationships

The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies. ↗

— Robert Conquest

#funny #management #funny

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent. ↗

— Steve Martin

#encouragement #humor #steve-martin #humor

When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#engagement #humor #jealousy #marriage #humor

Before I could turn to look up, a voice boomed from the heavens: "What the heck is going on down there? ↗

— Kat Falls

#god #humor #mayor-fife #megaphone #ty

If you imagine that I have the smallest desire to receive your hand as a reward for having performed a difficult task to your satisfaction you're beside the bridge, my child! I've no fancy for a reluctant wife. I want your love, not your gratitude. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#gratitude #love #imagination

Do you consider yourself a blessing or just another person? ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#blessings #books #encouragement #inspirational #life

The best jury of your peers that you’ll ever find is…well, you. Only you know what you’re capable of and what you want to be. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#judgement #self-improvement #inspirational

Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible. ↗

— Hugh B. Brown

#inspirational #inspirational

A lot of our fans are kids who have so little hope in life and face so many dark things. And definitely there are times where you need to feel what they feel, cry with them, rejoice with them. But there comes a point where we have to let them go on their own. We have to hug them and say, ‘We have to believe that you’re going to wake up tomorrow, because if we went through so much stuff and ended up here, the possibilities are endless for you. ↗

— Lacey Sturm

#flyleaf #future #hope #inspirational #mosley