#letting

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#cry #heals #holding #know #lament

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them. ↗

— Laura Linney

#always #book #con #i #instead

I'm letting no man handle my bank account. ↗

— Hattie McDaniel

#bank #bank account #handle #i #letting

Letting someone down is not criminal action. ↗

— Patrick McHenry

#criminal #down #letting #someone

And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the ground where they get hurt or get abused and dirty and can't find them. And some thoughts about how his father used to do things. ↗

— Bruce Nauman

#dirty #down #father #find #get

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. ↗

— Will Rogers

#conscience #getting #guide #instead #lawyers

Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let them go. But now I look at you, and I dreamed about Maggie, and I see that I’ve been wrong. If you really love someone, Allie, I think you have to take them back. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#forgiveness #forgiving #giving-up #hearbreak #letting-go

Holding on to weight (i.e. anger, bitterness, the past, hatred) will not only hold you back, but also block your blessings. You've got to let some things go to move forward. ↗

— Yvonne Pierre

#forgiveness #letting-go #moving-forward #anger

No matter what you say, or how much you talk, someone isn’t really forgiven until you can stand beside them without wanting to slap them in the face. ↗

— Alan Heathcock

#forgiveness #hate #honesty #letting-go #revenge

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard. ↗

— Baltasar Gracián

#art