#ship

Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills ↗

— Fela Durotoye

#leadership #parenting #age

"...we’re all fucking Duffs.” (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) “I’m not the Duff,” Wesley said confidently. “That’s because you don’t have friends.” (Bianca) “Oh. Right.” ↗

— Kody Keplinger

#self-esteem #design

Our purpose (in relationship) is to get what we want but God's purpose is to give us what we really need. We think things are going well only if we are getting along with others. But God says that it is also when we are not getting along with others that he is accomplishing his purpose. God has designed our relationship to function as both a diagnosis and a cure. ↗

— Paul David Tripp

#design

Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#authenticity #leadership #life-design #mentor #reflection

Relationship Time to Aloneness." Having a companion fixes you in time and that of the present, but when the quality of aloneness settles down, past, present and future all flow together. A memory, a present event, and a forecast all equally present. ↗

— steinbeck

#solitude #time #equality

But it does not seem that I can trust anyone,' said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. 'It all depends on what you want,' put in Merry. 'You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin--to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours--closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#loyalty #trust #friendship

Andrea raised her hand. “This is the hand that slapped Aunt B.” “Maybe you should have it gold-plated.” “Here, you can touch it, since you’re my best friend. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#banter #friendship #kate #friendship

I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#friendship #solitude #friendship

For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. And in th sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#friendship

When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#friendship