#us

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#tradition #reason

Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve dealt out? There’s no profit in it, no point to it, and you need sleep. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#mistakes

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#focus #goals #goals

Talk about a dream, try to make it real ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#inspirational #inspirational-life #music #dreams

Perseverance means to continue in a given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of obstacles, opposition, and other counterinfluences...Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic...It gives us hope by helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up and no longer trying. ↗

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

#religious #goals

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. ↗

— Bill Gates

#greatest #learning #most #source #unhappy

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#justice #laws #law

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#mercy #law

Why were the other angels attacking you?" "It's impolite to ask the victim of violence what they did to be attacked. ↗

— Susan Ee

#susan-ee #violence

...we rarely confide in those who are better than we. Rather, we are more inclined to flee their society. Most often, on the other hand, we confess to those who are like us and who share our weaknesses. Hence we don't want to improve ourselves and be bettered, for we should first have to be judged in default. We merely wish to be pitied and encouraged in the course we have chosen. In short, we should like, at the same time, to cease being guilty and yet not to make the effort of cleansing ourselves. ↗

— Albert Camus

#effort