#ours

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#away #awhile #birds #bring #come

'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is; whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else. ↗

— Angie Stone

#aspirations #challenges #dreams #else #get

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment have been intellectual joys. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#been #cares #enjoyment #gains #his

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort. ↗

— Simon Travaglia

#effort #smile #takes #yourself

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ↗

— Mark Twain

#concealing #consists #good #good breeding #how

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

#first #grow #grow up #laugh #real

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#blame #call #discourse #engenders #guilt

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. ↗

— Mark Twain

#different #different kinds #hours #i #inside

I think, first of all, you need to love what you're doing, and then this helps in the comedian for its part in everything-but the moment you enjoy what you're doing, you try to express yourself, to find your way, and every time is different, of course. ↗

— Cecilia Bartoli

#course #different #doing #enjoy #every

I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. I'm not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive. ↗

— Birch Bayh

#become #burden #difference #elected #expensive