#hold

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#account #claim #enables #enemy #essence

Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me. There's that little bit that holds on: 'Well, I'm almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.' ↗

— David Bowie

#always #atheist #because #been #bit

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#afraid #alone #even #fight #going

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

#brothers #cannot #fall #hands #holding

There are also just as many, if not more, women who are anxious to hold down the status quo. ↗

— Susie Bright

#anxious #down #hold #just #many

One who hates is a man holding a magnifying-glass, and when he hates someone, he knows precisely that person's surface, from the soles of his feet all the way up to each hair on the hated head. ↗

— Hermann Broch

#feet #hair #hated #hates #head

When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas. ↗

— David Brooks

#character #cover #hold #how #ideas

People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something. ↗

— Garth Brooks

#back #holding #people #something #themselves

Every emotion that I had over the last three years pretty much had to be put on hold. ↗

— Meredith Brooks

#every #had #hold #i #last

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#basic #book #each #hand #hold