#ration

In the end, Charlie Bucket won a chocolate factory. But Willy Wonka had something even better, a family. And one thing was absolutely certain - life had never been sweeter. ~ from the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ↗

— Darren Perman

#family

In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. ↗

— Julian Castro

#american #american dream #cross #dream #each

The faerie represent the beauty we don't see, or even choose to ignore. That's why I'll paint them in junkyards, or fluttering around a sleeping wino. No place or person is immune to spirit. Look hard enough, and everything has a story. Everybody is important."- Jilly Coppercorn ↗

— Charles de Lint

#inspirational #spirit #beauty

We must have a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces - or at the very least a plan for it - something the administration has incredulously failed to do for over two years. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#failed #forces #least #must #over

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties. ↗

— Harry Browne

#civil #civil liberties #country #existence #foreign

The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#job #more #powerful #preparation #rudimentary

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ↗

— Buddha

#being #candle #candles #decreases #happiness

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. ↗

— Buddha

#best #contentment #faithfulness #gift #greatest

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#certain #i #key #moderation #off

Anybody who says "I know how to get to God and you don't, do this and do that and go here and go there" is going to become 1. very powerful and 2. very rich. The simple truth is, if I am with God, no less can you be with God at the same time as I am. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-life #inspirational-spiritual #relationship-with-god #spirituality #truth