#o

I am an extremely sincere individual. I am sincere, to a fault. One of the many things that I have come to realize, to learn, is that sincerity must be reserved and given only to those who deserve it. And one must save one's emotions, channeling them only to the people who are worthy of it. One must not throw one's pearls to the pigs. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-quotes #poise #self-preservation #sincerity #the-art-of-poise

the way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down from the top of the head and out of the heart ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#destruction #art

There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#art

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#humour #inspirational #interpretation #art

Dear lord, the flash of his gleaming white teeth was like a hot button to my nether regions. Down vagina! Down, girl.” Bad Rep by A. Meredith Walters ↗

— A. Meredith Walters

#funny

To be able to live each day with honor, respect and dignity is the greatest achievement of all. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life..."It's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground. ↗

— Susan Vreeland

#faith

As I ponder my pilgrim’s progress to Orthodoxy, however, I realize that I didn’t make the trip alone, but in a two-seater. And I wasn’t the one driving. ↗

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

#convert #faith #orthodoxy #faith

I keep my feet candy-coated because I never know when one or both of them will wind up in my mouth. ↗

— Linda Yezak

#humor

We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #mistakes #unperfect #forgiveness