#standing

You'll never know the the outcome unless you just go out there and just do it. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#better-moments #burkett #career #determination #faith

We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike. ↗

— David Ansen

#dislike #enriched #love #love is #make

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people. ↗

— John Abizaid

#build #civilian #control #done #got

Science gropes and staggers toward improved understanding. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#understanding #science

If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see them in. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#imagination #love #understanding #imagination

She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#inspirational #men-and-women #understanding #understanding-oneself-and-others #inspirational

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ↗

— Marie Curie

#understanding #life

No importa si no te entienden, lo que importa es que tengas el valor de decirlo. ↗

— Jackson Pearce

#inspirational #talk #understanding #inspirational

A ști anumite lucruri pe de rost îți conferă capacitatea unei înțelegeri superioare. ↗

— Jean-Claude Carrière

#intelligence #science #understanding #intelligence

Cammie!" I'll never forget the tone of Macey's voice in that moment. "Cam," she said slowly, moving toward me, "I know how it feels to be watched every second of every day. I know what it's like to trust fewer and fewer people until it seems like you are completely alone in the world. I know you think the only things that are left in your life are the bad things. I know what you're feeling, Cam." Her hands were on my shoulders. Her blue eyes were staring into mine. "I know. ↗

— Ally Carter

#friends #spy #understanding #life