J. J. Wall Quotes
Nobody would believe what an effort it is to do what little I am able, - to dress and entertain, and order things
I thought of him as a beautiful deer in the forest that made this world a better place simply by existing
Never strive to be part of the norm. If people think you strange...CELEBRATE. Normal people try way to hard to please others and never end up pleasing themselves. Be ABnormal. It's more fun.
The goal is to create a “chit, ” or IOU, so that, assuming you continue to perform well, the organization feels like it owes you the next time.
...it's a good idea to remember that whenever there is a buy and a seller, somebody is wrong. Make sure it's not you
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Il faut suivre ta boussole [You must follow your compass], as we say in French. Do what feels right to you, then figure out how to earn a living at the same time.
There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream. -- Author unknown
It is an interesting thing, love, ” the Princess stated. “It can turn lambs into heroes, and heroes into lambs.
We can say that wisdom causes us to know, while understanding enables us to act.
caring is not abstract. The circle of ecological compassion we feel is enlarged by direct experience of the living world, and shrunken by its lack.
Everyone wanted to get to someplace better, wherever that was.
The whole game was about confidence, as it always was. Everything was fine—until it wasn't.
The problems afflicting a nation are always in equal measure spiritual crises.
To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.
I believe in the sun even when it’s not shining. I believe in love even when not feeling it. I believe in God even when he is silent...
A word can change a mind, a sentence can change a life and a book can change the world.
We’d avoid a lot of insecurity, if we fully, wholly believed in God’s wild affection for us.
The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.
I think most of what the majority of people say is said without thinking.
When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human, ' Miriam says.
I think I sense a tone of honesty, if honesty exists in this world.
Could he be prosecuted for murder? Cause of death: broken heart. Murder weapon: words laced with bullshit.
We need to show the Congress that our Government is no longer on sale to the highest bidder. It belongs to the voters.
The Government goes after the little guys, not their own.
We cry for the hand of God to bring us salvation, but then we seize the voice of God and use it to profess our destructive nature.
No human being, particularly a young, attractive woman, is so alone that there is no one to miss her when she disappears.
We enslave in the manner we talk to ourselves. But the truth is, God already set us free. He secured our release. To constantly hurt ourselves, resting in our inadequacy, is to call Him a LIAR.
If the opposite of certainty is doubt, humility must lie somewhere between the two,
With an all-or-nothing mind-set, you tend to judge yourself relentlessly…Eeyore becomes your best friend.
All powers have two sides, the power to create and the power to destroy. We must recognize them both, but invest our gifts on the side of creation.
, I believe in some type of free market system. I just don’t think you’ll find an example of one completely free from government intervention.
The very earth that sustains us is being destroyed to fuel injustice. An economy that grants personhood to corporations but denies it to the more-than-human beings
Ruined land was accepted as the collateral damage of progress.
Sometimes we control our family members because we idolize and idealize our perfect plan over the journey that God has laid out for them. (p. 56)
Friendship isn't measured in days, months or years, it's measured in the way someone makes you feel.
The only difference between a prayer and a curse is the one who stands to profit.
Irony cleans away all those secret stains. Irony is the path that leads safely back to official realities.
It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.
But in a time of war, knowledge made interesting friendships. Soon, the scholars and the thieves were . . . well, thick as thieves.
If the breadth of perspectives is wide enough to represent the fullest range of views, consensus is unlikely. If consensus is swiftly achieved, it probably means too few voices have been heard.
Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time.
She and Thomas had helped construct the Maze
It’s never easy letting go. But if we don’t learn the art of relinquishment, we’ll never move forward to embrace the new relationships God has for us.
The stock market is almost magical because it always leads the economy. It goes down long before the economy drops and then heads higher long before the economy rebounds. It always has.
Laughter was like an enormous trap waiting patiently in the room with them
The financial elite already have the politicians in their pockets, as a result of their lobbying.
Almost everyone in politics nowadays has at least one conflict of interest.
