#y

He splashed into the water, his whole body, not with the reverent attitude of prayer, but with a desperate thirst; he buried his head under the water and drank deep, with his cheek against the cold stone of the riverbed, the water tumbling over his back, his calves. He drank and drank, lifted his head and shoulders above the water to gasp in the evening air, and then collapsed into the water again, to drink as greedily as before. It was a kind of prayer, though, he realized as he emerged, freezing cold as the water evaporated from his skin in the breeze of the dark morning. I am with you, he said to the Oversoul. I'll do whatever you ask, because I long for you to accomplish your purpose here. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#attitude

That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#loneliness #anger

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#life #beauty

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way. ↗

— Wayne Dyer

#certain #dance #each #enjoy #floor

Now, I do think when we move into 2012 and '13 when, presumably, the economy is on firmer ground, I would allow the tax rates for upper-income individuals to revert back to where they were before the cuts in the 1990s. I think at that point it makes perfect sense. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#back #before #cuts #economy #firmer

What I knew for sure was that he had a quick temper, a cocky attitude, and a southern accent... Apparently he also has a pet cougar. ↗

— Stacy Mantle

#heroes #humor #urban-fantasy #attitude

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#fencing #stupid #stupidity #anger

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. ↗

— George Lucas

#star-wars #yoda #anger

Worry is stressing about a situation that may or may not occur and it’s always in the negative sense. ↗

— Rob Liano

#fear #future #growth #worry #worrying

It takes time, patience, productivity and persistence to 'pop the oil'; just keep digging. Worthy investments take time to show positive returns. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#patience #persistence #positive-attitude #productivity #quotes-to-live-by