Hy Gardner Quotes
I want to cry but I don’t. I don’t. There are pieces of yourself, so many pieces of yourself, that, once you give away, you cannot get back again.
Sizing up succinctly his lack of formal education compared with his determination to learn from others, the author writes, "I went to college with every person I ever met.
The truth is I love you but you reject my love. You would rather be right than loved.
The point is, whether or not they show it at dinner parties, writers learn, by a necessity of their trade, to be the sharpest of observers.
All order, I've come to understand, is theoretical, unreal — a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities, the self and the world — two snake pits.
We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.
When anxiety comes knocking on your door, don't invite it in.
Profoundly moved, he kissed the lax waiting mouth with exquisite unhappiness.
Jesus has prayed over us that our faith in Him will not fail but rather be strengthened by the process we go through.
The wilderness is a place that every believer has to experience to be molded for their divine purpose.
Oh, for the love of God. There is no agent more agent than you. I swear you have pin-striped ties encrypted into your DNA. When you die, the coffin is going to read Property of the FBI.
...{N}othing is harder for the developing writer than overcoming his anxiety that he is fooling himself and cheating or embarrassing his family and friends.
Understanding your importance does not minimize those around you, it brings fulfillment to everyone.
Looking for someone to value what you have, will keep you coming up empty.
Real suspense comes with moral dilemma and the courage to make and act upon choices. False suspense comes from the accidental and meaningless occurrence of one damned thing after another.
A miracle is no less glorious for having previously happened
We can never fully impact others to change if there is no evidence of change in our lives.
Sometimes there is no comfort, only the knowledge that the worst has happened
To be comforted by God is a promise that few of us ever receive, because we are consumed with controlling our situations to avoid being vulnerable.
You can't have understanding without having empathy, and you can't have empathy without losing money.
Look at the language. If a scientist delivers the simple, unconditional, absolutely certain statements that politicians and journalists want, he is talking as an activist, not a scientist.
Life is too precious to worry about what could or will happen. Life is..what you make it
Do not ask questions until you have trained yourself not to know the answers.
A comment that starts with the words "I think" usually means the opposite.
Do not let fear keep you on the sidelines. Your number has been called, get in the game! It is your time to shine.
There are plenty of theories to listen to and follow but truth yearns to be discovered. When you find it, there is no doubt where to go.
And I won 'em back fair and square. So what are you going to do about it? Want to fight? Who wants the first bloody nose?
If you are not yourself, you have nothing to offer the world but a cheap imitation of someone else.
Come out of hiding, don't be afraid to be yourself.
When we know Love, fear has no value in our presence. There is no pressure to perform and mask our humanity. We can BE and when we BE. We can inspire others to BE.
Art gropes it stalks like a hunter lost in the woods listening to itself and to everything around it unsure of itself waiting to pounce.
John Milton called his school Christ College 'a stony-hearted stepmother'. The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
If you would but exchange places with the other fellow how much more you could appreciate your own position.
