#tru

There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#lies #lying #statistics #truth #truth

I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s disgusting. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#truth

The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way. ↗

— Dean Stanley

#christian #extraordinary #extraordinary things #ordinary #ordinary things

I don't balance you like you need." "What the hell does that mean?" he exclaimed. My heart ached for him, and I was so sorry for what I'd done...but this was the truth of it all. "The fact that you have to ask says it all. When you find that person...you'll know. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#true-love #love

The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#ignorance #illness #oppression #poverty #war

They'd smash up the world if they thought it would make a pretty noise. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#destruction

If we could bottle your luck, we'd have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#destruction

If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#guilt #history #war #destruction

Some day soon, reaper, your mouth is going to be the source of your own destruction." "That does seem likely, doesn’t it?" Tod glanced at me and shrugged. "Until then, it remains a source of my own amusement. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#destruction

Part of abandoning the all-or-nothing mentality is allowing yourself room for setbacks. We are bound to have lapses on the road to health and wellness, but it is critical that we learn how to handle small failures positively so that we can minimize their long-term destructive effects. One setback is one setback—it is not the end of the world, nor is it the end of your journey toward a better you. ↗

— Jillian Michaels

#self-help #self-improvement #destruction