#knowing

They may not like us, but they can't get away from knowing who we are. ↗

— Robert Smith

#get #knowing #like #may #us

I told her I loved the howling sound of her harmonica. That seemed to be the limit of my courage that night, and even those spoken words had to struggle their way out of my mouth. It's all very well for words to build bridges, but sometimes I think it's a matter of knowing when to do it. Knowing when the time's right. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#courage #knowing-when-the-time-is-right #limit #mouth #spoken-words

The wonderful, beautiful thing that happens when you rid yourself of the things that don’t see your worth? You make space in your life for all the glorious things you deserve. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#dating #holding-out-for-the-best #knowing-your-value #letting-go #life

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord. ↗

— J.I. Packer

#problems #business

When you've spent thirty years entering rooms filled with strangers you feel less pressure than when you've had only half that number of years of experience. You know what the room and the people in it probably hold for you and you go looking for it. If it's not there, you sense it earlier and leave to go about your business. You just know more about what is, what isn't, and how little time there is to learn the difference. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#knowing #business

How would your life be different if…You stopped focusing on what you didn’t want and started focusing on what you do want? Let today be the day…You establish a clear intent, make a plan, and take actions towards your intent. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#change #goal #inspirational #intent #knowing-oneself

The only way for you to know that you can really make a change is by knowing the future. ↗

— Toba Beta

#future #knowing #present #change

A piece of information can change a person. I'd hate to change the way I'm supposed to live the future. ↗

— Samantha Young

#future #information #knowing #change

It is hard, said Mme Landau, when I told her about those railway lessons, in the end it is hard to know what it is that someone dies of. Yes, it is very hard, said Mme Landau, one really doesn't know. ↗

— W.G. Sebald

#knowing #death

Our first experience of life is primarily felt in the *body.* ... We know ourselves in the security of those who hold us and gaze upon us. It's not heard or seen or thought it's felt. That's the original knowing. ↗

— Richard Rohr

#body-and-mind #body-image #body-language #body-mind #identity