#improvement

Get out!" He dodges the pillow I throw at him. "Go away! There's nothing left for you here!" I start to shake, furious with him. "She's not coming back! She's never ever coming back here again!" I grab another pillow and get to my feet to improve my aim. Out of nowhere, the tears begin to pour down my cheeks. "She's dead." I clutch my middle to dull the pain. Sink down on my heels, rocking the pillow, crying. "She's dead, you stupid cat. She's dead. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss #mockingjay #prim #improvement

Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence. ↗

— Richard Yates

#silence #improvement

Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism. ↗

— Criss Jami

#care #choice #empty #full #glass

Most people in trouble end up crying, 'What was I thinking?' Well, whatever they were thinking, they weren't thinking of Christ. ↗

— Jeffery R. Holland April

#self-improvement

The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. ↗

— Og Mandino

#self-improvement

When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#wisdom #self-improvement

Till we recognize what’s sick and messed up about ourselves this world is gonna stay sick and messed up. ↗

— Lacey Sturm

#flyleaf #improvement #inspirational #mosley #nicole

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#am #content #existing #explosives #feel

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#economy #improvements #method #prepare #today

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#cause #earth #enterprise #grand #grand thing