#mis

The life of a plural wife, she'd found, was a life lived under constant comparison, a life spent wondering. Sitting across from her sister-wives at Sunday dinner, the platters and serving dishes floating past like hovercraft, the questions were almost inescapable; Who of us is the most happy? Which of us is his one true love? Who does he desire the most? ↗

— Brady Udall

#love #polygamy #the-lonely-polygamist #jealousy

It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#mistakes #wise #leadership

When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes. ↗

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

#economic-growth #education #indomitable-spirit #knowledge #learning

الندم هو صوت الفطرة لحظة الخطأ ↗

— مصطفى محمود

#mistake #regret #religion #life

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#life

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#purpose #work #life

Personally, I don’t like inherently happy people. I don’t trust them. I think there’s something seriously wrong with anyone who isn’t at least a little let down by the world. ↗

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

#optimists #life

You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#pessimism #life

The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die. ↗

— Ted Dekker

#christianity #pessimism #positive-thinking #life

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#dangerous #enough #forth #go #missionaries