#plain

God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains. ↗

— George Sand

#god #sorrow #strength #courage

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us. ↗

— Maude Adams

#best #day #enough #hard #hard thing

The dead boy in his arms hung with his head back and those partly opened eyes beheld nothing at all out of that passing landscape of street or wall or paling sky or the figures of the children who stood blessing themselves in the gray light. This man and his burden passed on forever out of that nameless crossroads and the women stepped once more into the street and the children followed and all continued on to their appointed places which as some believe were chosen long ago even to the beginning of the world. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#death #death

When you aren't satisfied with what has already been done, make something better. That is the greatest responsibility and the true freedom of creativity. The freedom is in that it doesn't need to complain. ↗

— Criss Jami

#betterment #complain #complained #complainee #complainer

People complain that chefs aren't at their restaurants anymore, but I don't think that's the case at all. You see them on TV and you assume they're not working but they are. ↗

— Michael Symon

#assume #case #chefs #complain #i

Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color. ↗

— James J. Gibson

#color #explain #object #perception #position

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#every #fool #guard #hour #jealous

If you ever, ever, ever want to complain about what's going on in the U.S., you should vote because then you have a right to. If you want to complain, you should vote. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#because #complain #ever #going #right

When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy. ↗

— Alan Hansen

#better #complained #days #fantasy #george

Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

#been #blow #clear #explain #forgotten