#ren

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#habits #hare #inspirational-life #reading #think

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything. ↗

— Tom Rath

#leadership #strengths #business

She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#animal #horse #msytical #respect #strength

The Way to do is to be. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#self-awareness #self-discovery #discovery

Oh, Mama,” I said. “What if I don’t live that long?” My mother didn’t hesitate one second. “By hook or by crook, you will. Having children only increases your grip on the world. It’s like reading a thriller. You can’t put it down because you have to know how the story turns out. ↗

— Jo-Ann Mapson

#thriller

You‘re walking funny," Lucy said, a shit-eating grin on her face. Five days of out of this world sex with a starving man could do that to a girl. "You‘re just jealous." Brenna pushed through the door into DarkRiver‘s business HQ. Lucy made a mournful face. "Yes, I am. Goddamn but your man is hot. And he smiles at you! I‘ve seen him do it, even if no one believes me. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#friendship #humor #judd #lucy #psy-changeling

In the great glasshouses streaming with condensation, the children in mourning-dress beheld marvels. ↗

— Arthur Rimbaud

#fantastic #fantasy #marvels #mourning

I can take care of myself, but I can’t take care of myself and a child. I’ve decided to give myself up for adoption.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#adult #adulthood #child #children #decision

He is my world and my world is him and without him there is no world. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#delirium #lauren-oliver #lena #romance #romance

A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him. ↗