#makes

Everyone defends his treasure, and will do so automatically.The real questions are, what do you treasure, and how much do you treasure it? Once you have learned to consider these questions and to bring them into all your actions, you will have little difficulty in clarifying the means. The means are available whenever you ask. You can, however, save time if you do not protract this step unduly. The correct focus will shorten it immeasurably. ↗

— Helen Shucman

#ask #asking-for-directions #focus #focusing #inspirational

Hey! look at us We're digging and digging Into stubborn, ancient earth; We're discovering Where we came from, and how we came. "but where are you going?" Hey! look at us We're learning and learning Into stubborn laws Of nature and space And non-nature and non-space; We're discovering All there is to know. "but where are you going?" Hey! look at us We're planning and planning Into stubborn years Of education and training And hopes and dreams; We're discovering How not to waste any time. "but where are you going?" Hey! look at us We're shiny and bright And clever and sophisticated And witty and well-read; We're discovering How to really fill up This old life. "but where are you going?" where? "Yes; where? ↗

— Lois A. Cheney

#culture #deep-thought #inspirational #life #lois-a-cheney

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#before #doubted #guys #hear #i

Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#about #dancing #dreaded #exercise #find

Your mind is what makes everything else work. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#everything #makes #mind #work #your

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#himself #makes #making #man #others

The one endorsement that makes the most difference is from the constituents in the district. ↗

— Sandy Adams

#difference #district #endorsement #makes #most

Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#changed #confrontational #defensive #everything #interview

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. ↗

— Aeschylus

#makes #man #oath #us

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#gotta #keep #makes #need #ourselves