#word

I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies. ↗

— Omega Maverick

#inspirational #self-confidence #words-to-live-by #inspirational

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#care #fates #i #i care #images

Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#baseball #blame #day #disappointment #feel

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched. ↗

— Erika Slezak

#cliched #come #ever #hopelessly #inadequate

Yet none use their words more recklessly than the strong, who have not been sobered by the rebuffs and uncertainties of life. ↗

— George A. Smith

#life #more #none #recklessly #sobered

Now comes the mystery! (last words) ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#heaven #last-words #life #paradise #death

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words. ↗

— Marcus Mumford

#books #focusing #helpful #into #just

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#comfort #known #man #oldest #skillfully

We know that this man has a proven record of being a 'strict constructionist.' Our President has given us his word that he will interpret the Constitution rather than make new laws from the bench. ↗

— Rod Parsley

#bench #constitution #given #his #interpret

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story. ↗

— Annie Proulx

#brevity #find #i #intellectually #intensity