#it

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#good #graceful #intelligent #loved #pretty

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#affirming #draw #examine #into #look

Practice without improvement is meaningless. ↗

— Chuck Knox

#meaningless #practice #without

Never lie when the truth is more profitable. ↗

— Stanislaw Lec

#more #never #profitable #truth #truth is

You take a number of small steps which you believe are right, thinking maybe tomorrow somebody will treat this as a dangerous provocation. And then you wait. If there is no reaction, you take another step: courage is only an accumulation of small steps. ↗

— George Konrad

#believe #courage #dangerous #maybe #number

I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child. ↗

— George Konrad

#book #books #child #defend #i

I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. I'm glad he's coming back. It's going to be good for the show. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#back #coming #enormous #glad #going

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security. ↗

— Lawrence Korb

#money #national #national security #need #security

One way to prevent yourself from going through a considerable amount of useless pain is to see the truth of the following and then to act upon your discovery accordingly: judging others doesn't change how much they disturb you; it serves only to distract you from seeing just how little it actually takes to set you off. ↗

— Guy Finley

#spiritual #change

They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#leadership #politics #leadership