#pain

This world that was our home for a brief spell never brought us anything but pain and grief; its a shame that not one of our problems was ever solved. We depart with a thousand regrets in our hearts. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#grief #home #life #pain #poetry

The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy. A daredevil jump off this ledge will end your life. It has happened before and it will happen again. You’ve been warned. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#bravery #chasm #death #fall #fine-line

Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it. Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but "show your faith by your works," that God may bless you. It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#faith

Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain. ↗

— Whitey Ford

#bad #goes #later #pain #pitching

I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#being #i #japan #like #playing

You put funny people in funny costumes and paint them green and we could talk about anything we wanted to, because that was the only thing that fascinated Gene about this particular genre. ↗

— Majel Barrett

#anything #because #costumes #could #fascinated

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#become #end #greatest #in the end #interesting

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

#difficulties #discouragements #doubts #failures #false

The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors. ↗

— Cecilia Bartoli

#color #colors #find #goal #i

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. ↗

— Mark Twain

#itself #look #only #painted #words