#though

You have the choice of deliberately directing your thinking, or allowing other forces to dictate your desires and attitudes. ↗

— Grant Von Harrison

#thoughts #attitude

If the attitude of many non-Catholic modern philosophers toward Catholic thought could be summarized in a single sentence, it would be: It has been tried, it has produced its definitive results, which have been found lacking, and now its time is past ↗

— Gregory B. Sadler

#catholic-philosophy #catholic-thought #christian-philosophy #christianity #history-of-ideas

A positive attitude may not solve all our problems but that is the only option we have if we want to get out of problems. -Subodh Gupta author "Stress Management a holistic approach -5 steps plan". ↗

— Subodh Gupta

#managing-stress #positive-attitude #positive-quotes #positive-thoughts #stress

I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect." His eyes searched mine intently, and for a moment we stood there toe to toe. "The ones who throw their beauty around, waste what they have? Their beauty is only passing. It's just a shell hiding nothing but shadows and emptiness. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#daemon #sweet #thoughtfull #beauty

Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life. ↗

— Boyd K. Packer

#thoughts #courage

When you look up/ Do you see the blue sky of what might be / Or the darkness of what will never be? / Do you see me? Kami Garcia/Margaret Stohl ↗

— Kami Garcia

#thoughtful #beauty

I wasn't sure what I'd done to deserve such a wonderful gift, and I wasn't sure if it was insolent, but I thanked God for fallen angels. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#gratefulness #inspirational #thoughtful #beauty

My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#appreciate #beliefs #democracy #felt #got

People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#invisible #shallowness #superficial #thought #visible

There's something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#thoughts #truth #beauty