#ward

It did matter to get out of bed. There were webs to weave. Strings to grasp. Packages to deliver. Conversations to start. Thoughts to be expressed. Sams to slam into. Oceans to swim. And sad little men hiding in electrical sockets, waiting to be born of the human imagination. ↗

— Bud Macfarlane Jr.

#catholic #inspirational-attitude #motivation #attitude

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#genuine #his #inherit #kill #pleasure

I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#weakness #cowardice

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#fear #cowardice

If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can walk on top of them. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#oppression #cowardice

Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward. ↗

— Abdallah II

#ago #capable #class #create #easier

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#die #forward #get #really #rich

Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#become #believe #continue #fortress #forward

But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#does #epic #exact #forward #go

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#authentic #being #forward #just #lean