#rational

People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#doing #need #others #people #rationalizations

Attitude and Aptitude determine Altitude (James Caan - Entrepreneur) ↗

— Fekhi

#attitude

A verse came to mind, one that has comforted Kari before. It was the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. If he cried over Jerusalem, if he cried over the death of Lazarus, surely he was crying now over the death of her dreams, the death of her marriage. ↗

— Karen Kingsbury

#death

I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't right to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#hobbit #inspirational-attitude #sam-gamgee #samwise-the-brave #the-shire

Out of the Abundance of the Heart the Mouth Speaks" Matthew 12:34b last half of verse ↗

— Jesus

#attitude

People can learn to be more optimistic by acting as if they were more optimistic. ↗

— Suzanne C. Segerstrom

#psychology #attitude

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#am #ancestors #cultural #derive #feeling

I'm not leaving you. We still have a chance." "How?" Kayson's voice echoes his hopelessness. He's already given up. "Hey, as long as we are still breathing, we still have a chance. If you quit, then you're quitting on me too. ↗

— Brandy Nacole

#broken-faith #inspirational #kayson #sabrina #vampire

When we feel, a kind of lyric is sung in our heart. When we think, a kind of music is played in our mind. In harmony, both create a beautiful symphony of life. ↗

— Toba Beta

#harmony #heart #inspirational #instument #life

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#men #rational #reap #sow #whirlwind