#oura

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#faith #hope #possibility #courage

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#courage #even #live #sometimes

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. ↗

— James Agate

#does #encourage #fools #gladly #more

I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to. ↗

— Alejandro Amenabar

#change #controlling #encourage #even #exactly

I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#capacity #certainly #days #did #does

If someone treats you like SHIT, just remember that there is something WRONG with THEM, not YOU. Normal people dont go around destroying other Human Beings! ↗

— Unknown

#encouragement #happiness #life #positive #positive-women

To be saved is to believe in one's own courage. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#salvation #courage

You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors. Stuff that has really has more to do with personality- the fact that some people are simply more expressive or emotional or needy in a relationship. But beyond such smokescreens, the answer is there. Love is seldom- almost never -even proposition. Someone always loves more. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#love #love-hurts #love

Cry if you must. Scream. Get it all out of your system, and then we'll have fun. It won't last forever, but it will keep you busy for tonight. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#encouragement #friendship #support #travis #beauty

Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#daring #men #business