#ss

The rules of life are nothing that cannot be fixed. ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#poetry #poetry-quotes #life

Just because you're damaged doesn't mean you must damage others. You have choices. We all make them every day. ↗

— Shannon Delany

#max #life

I must admit that you fascinate me, Superior. Your life would seem to be entirely unbearable. And yet you fight so very, very hard to stay alive. With every weapon and stratagem. You simply refuse to die.” “I am ready to die.” Glokta returned his gaze, like for like. “But I refuse to lose.” ~Bayaz and Glokta ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#inspirational

I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!) ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#perserverance #success #writing-life #life

There were times in life when you had to take a risk that might end in failure. Because otherwise you would be haunted by what you hadn’t done... the paths you hadn’t taken, the things you hadn’t experienced. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#life

Future belong to anyone who dare take a step further. ↗

— Darwin Boy Sxander

#life-lessons #life

The greatest cause in the world is joyfully rescuing people from hell, meeting their earthly needs, making them glad in God, and doing it with a kind, serious pleasure that makes Christ look like the Treasure he is. ↗

— John Piper

#christ #christianity #god #kindness #life

When you battle with your conscience and lose, you win. -Henny Youngman, comedian and violinist (1906-1998) ↗

— Henny Youngman

#life-lessons #humor

I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#life #pessimism #life

And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie. ↗

— Claudia Cardinale

#big opportunity #brooks #had #i #magnificent