#trial

Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation. ↗

— Rick Wright

#like #marriage #permanent #pink #pink floyd

If I had not passed through trial - through passion, one could say - through these years so painful and so rich, I don't believe I could take on my life and my career as I do today. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#career #could #had #i #i do

Industrial opportunities are going to stem more from the biological sciences than from chemistry and physics. I see biology as being the greatest area of scientific breakthroughs in the next generation. ↗

— George E. Brown, Jr.

#being #biological #biology #breakthroughs #chemistry

You tell me you love me, but I’m not sure you know what love is, or how fast it flies, or how much it resembles a UFO, or what kind of weapon you’d use to shoot it down. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#aliens #extra-terrestrial #flies #fly #flying

I have learned to kiss the wave that drives me against the Rock of Ages. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#faith #sovereignty-of-god #trials #age

I push through physical pain. Life hurts. I enjoy the positives. ↗

— Carla J. Hanna

#new-adult #teen #trials #young-adult #age

Listen,' Thomas said, slowly getting to his feet, hoping Minho wouldn’t be stupid enough to try anything. “There’s something about us. We’re not just random shanks who showed up on your doorstep. We’re valuable. Alive, not dead.” The anger on Jorge’s face lessened ever so slightly. Maybe a spark of curiosity. But what he said was 'What’s a shank? ↗

— James Dashner

#jorge #scorch-trials #shanks #anger

Closing your eyes won't make the awfulness go away. It may be that nothing will. But dwelling on it, dreading the evil, playing out the misery in your head - doesn't this feed the monster? You can't close your eyes to life, but you can choose where your gaze lingers. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#challenges #hardships #life #perspective #richelle

But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We’re all human beings here, one like the other.” “That is true” said the priest “but that is how the guilty speak ↗

— Franz Kafka

#guilty #human #human-condition #life #mistakes

To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#life #trials #triumphs #courage