#pro

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself. ↗

— Steve Carlton

#athlete #best #get #i #judgment

In life, nothing happens by accident. Set a goal, believe in it and go all-in to achieve it. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#ifeanyi-enoch-onuoha #project-e #life

Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean. ↗

— Michelle M. Pillow

#character #michelle-pillow #quote #writing-life #writing-process

...but somehow when it's real, when it's your life... that person can feel even farther off and more unobtainable than an actual celebrity. Proximity doesn't breed familiarity ↗

— Maureen Johnson

#life #maureen-johnson #proximity #life

I believe that what we want to write wants to be written ↗

— Julia Cameron

#writing-process #inspirational

In the West we cling to the past like limpets. In Haiti the present is the axis of all life. As in Africa, past and future are but distant measures of the present, and memories are as meaningless as promises. ↗

— Wade Davis

#memories #past #present #promises #west

In Shahid's view, the best way through difficult times, as through life in general, was just to go along with things. It was a rare problem that couldn't be solved by being ignored. ↗

— John Lanchester

#difficulties #going-along #ignoring-things #life #problems

You must have been working very hard here, with so few distractions.” Mary’s eyes darkened and she looked away. “Not quite as much as I hoped for. At times the loneliness and the unanswered questions can get overwhelming, like very loud voices echoing inside my head, just asking ‘why’ ‘who’ and making me think about my wasted life. ↗

— Olga Núñez Miret

#fbi #police-procedural #psychiatry #rape #serial-killer

don't be perfect, don't pretend to be perfect, just stay raw n think at the end of day what you do is right or wrong... ↗

— Sachin

#philosophy #self-improvement #life

Time investment is the NEW Time Management. ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#success-strategies #time-management #work-life-balance #life