#ship

Hate is bait for the devil, love is the gate to god ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#philosophical #philosophy #relationships #wisdom #love

Their words faded into the darkness as if they were spoken and unspoken at the same time; as if they were important and yet not at all, as if they were two people talking or maybe just one. Darkness, she understood later, easily confused the meaning of words, of skin touching skin. In their remaining summers together she tried to find that oneness again. When it was all over, when youth ended and he chose Maisy, she understood the lesson from the dock that night: she could never again call her feelings of intimacy and oneness love. Nor would she be fooled again into believing that her love was returned, that a boy felt more for her than friendship. ↗

— Patti Callahan Henry

#friendship

Fearful leaders love to stay in the morass of insignificant details. Because the details are usually unimportant, it is difficult to make a mistake of consequence. Of course, it's impossible to do anything of consequence when your focus is on those things that really don't make a difference. ↗

— Thom S. Rainer

#leadership #leadership

There is something special about baseball that goes far deeper than being a game. It is the father-son relationship that is built, the life lessons that are taught in the process of playing a game and the ability to overcome not succeeding all of the time and still considering yourself a success. ↗

— John Passaro

#father-son-relationship #life-lessons #life

Leadership is all about caring, daring and sharing! Caring for people, Daring to Act fearlessly, & Sharing the success with all! ↗

— Sujit Lalwani

#leadership #motivation #wisdom #inspirational

In books I found explicitly, flamboyantly, everything censored in life. ↗

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

#life #reading #life

There comes a time when every good woman has to throw away her favorite book and find another one that has a captivating ending, more intriguing characters and a plot that would actually challenge her mind. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#love #relationships #life

? Life is all about relationships and what actually happens when people relate, when people understand each other. To see each other for who they are, not what we want or expect of them.” Margaret Bouchard ↗

— Ted Magnuson

#relationships #understanding #wisdom #life

The things you spend so much time on--all this work you do--might not seem as important. You might have to make room for some more spiritual things. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#life #materialism #relationships #spirituality #life

Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#etiquette #giving-advice #good-manners #life-coaching #life-experience