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The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies on the same turd. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#attitude

It's a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructable in our wake, and at the same time, are drawn to things that kill: whiskey and cigarette, unprotected sex and deep fried burritos. It's true that you can get away with drinking and smoking and sunbathing when you're in your teens and twenties, and it's true that rock stars are free to die at twenty-nine, but a lit star needs a long life. ↗

— Ariel Gore

#writers #attitude

A great many young men try to justify themselves and check inward protests by the perpetual self-suggestion that it is better to keep on, for the present, in questionable occupations, because the great financial reward will put them in position to do better later. This is a sort of sedative to the conscience to keep it quiet until they can afford to listen to it. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for the giving that is governed by a fixed determination. The Spirit of God revolutionises our philanthropic instincts. Much of our philanthropy is simply the impulse to save ourselves an uncomfortable feeling. The Spirit of God alters all that. As saints our attitude towards giving is that we give for Jesus Christ’s sake, and from no other motive. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#giving #guilt #attitude

But all of us, in some way, reflect an image of God-of who He is. So who's to say what's right or what's wrong about how we look? -Twila ↗

— Ginny L. Yttrup

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I know that by what I write cannot change the wrong world, but I can change the wrong attitude of the world toward me. ↗

— Gavriil Stiharul

#gavriil-stiharul #world #attitude

I take it that he is more than just a woodcutter. "No one is just a woodcutter, " replied Terence. "A person's always more than his present occupation. ↗

— Gerald Morris

#job #life #occupation #attitude

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world. ↗

— John Milton

#etiquette-and-attitude #gratitude #kindness #manners #thankfulness

Patience from a Buddhist perspective is not a "wait and see" attitude, but rather one of "just be there"... Patience can also be based on not expecting anything.Think of patience as an act of being open to whatever comes your way. When you begin to solidify expectations, you get frustrated because they are not met in the way you had hoped... With no set idea of how something is supposed to be, it is hard to get stuck on things not happening in the time frame you desired. Instead, you are just being there, open to the possibilities of your life. ↗

— Lodro Rinzler

#expectations #letting-go #openness #patience #attitude

Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows. ↗

— Maralee McKee

#christian-living #etiquette #etiquette-and-attitude #inspirational #manners