#prove

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. ↗

— May Sarton

#frightening #however #may #ourselves #prove

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#course #distrust #i #improve #lives

To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on. --Shin'a'in saying ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#proverb #life

Her face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The feeling was a whole lot worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like that. I want--I want--I want--was all that she could think about--but just what this real want was she did no know. ↗

— Carson McCullers

#discontentment #humanity #improvement #life #longing

The second mouse gets the cheese!" - The Inimitable Terry Pratchett ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#mouse #proverb #retort #education

In the event of a total loss of direction in life, be sure to sort our your own shit before you start telling people what to do. ↗

— A.C. Ping

#life

If you want something better for your life, you've got to start by believing you deserve it. ↗

— Sheryl Sorrentino

#success-self-improvement #life

Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics. ↗

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

#men #more #politics #prove #than

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. ↗

— Aristotle

#life

The hero is the one who goes beyond his ability to improve his skills, until he becomes able to improve, and perhaps even alter, the skills of others. ↗

— Muhammad Adb Al-Rahman Al-Arifi

#improvement #life