“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.”
– Stephen M.R. Covey
“You couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the directions were on the bottom.”
– Unknown
“When things go wrong, consider this as just another splinter in your arse as you slide down the bannister of life”
– Toby J. McCartney
“I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
“…I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.”
― William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”
– Francis Bacon
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
— Aristotle
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Character and habits – Stephen Covey
“Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.”
— Stephen Covey
“When a man opens the car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.”
– Prince Philip
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Some nights our wishes – Ishmael Beah
“Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.”
– Ishmael Beah
“Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.”
– Isaac Asimov
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People – Unknown
“People aren’t against you; they are for themselves.”
– Unknown
“If logic tells you that life is a meaningless accident, don’t give up on life. Give up on logic.”
– Shira Millgrom
“Worrying is like praying for what you don’t want.”
– Aileen Norton
“The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.”
– Alain de Botton