S.L. Wallace Quotes

Keep your eyes and your mind open. Don’t be blinded by filters like fear, uncertainty, pessimism and negativity.

Occupy your thoughts with purpose and you will be so busy pursuing a meaningful future there will be no time for doubt, chaos and disappointment.

Never be afraid to love. Just be careful who you love.

Love is a two-way street, but not everyone deserves a license.

Connect with someone on a deeper level…mentally, spiritually, emotionally…and your soul will transcend the height of ecstasy.

To be fearlessly vulnerable with someone…One of the deepest, most desirable paradoxes of love.

They got a manure machine in there, ” Keller said. He went up to the barn and peeked through a hole between tow boards. “On wheels. It’s fun to ride sometimes, when you don’t care how you smell.

Is killing a known terrorist wrong? I ask this, did the terrorist allow any of his victims quarter? No, then allow him no quarter, and hoist the black flag.

For reasons that are not well understood, war's codes are safer for most of us than love's.

The seriousness of being part of Operation Desert Storm-the first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War- was never lost upon us.

Dozens of days, experiences, and encounters have set me on a path I never dreamed possible.

The most liberating feeling in the world is to not give the negative opinions of others any traction.

There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

Do not waste your life away by wishing for days you may not even get to see.

A flower's structure leads a bee toward having pollen adhere to its body . . . we don't know of any such reason why beautiful places attract humans.

Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better.

Be the start of something that is good, revolutionary and powerful. Everything after that is a bonus!

Following trends on social media will not lead to social consciousness.

There is some history that I want not to have happened. I resist the consequences of being Nemesis.

All history is modern history.

Really good fiction could have as dark a worldview as it wished, but it'd find a way both to depict this world and to illuminate the possibilities for being alive and human i

My incentive? Making a peaceful spirit second nature. And that is so worth the effort.

You decide. You be the judge. It says You are welcome regardless of severity. Severity is in the eye of the sufferer, it says. Pain is pain.

You can't be much good to others, if you're no good to yourself.

If you truly love who you are other's opinions won’t even matter.

The truth is that there comes a time When we can mourn no more over music That is so much motionless sound

Door money. It’s a distraction. It impedes judgment. It blurs focus. Chasing the almighty dollar can become the root of all evil, the bane of one’s existence.

DOOR MONEY” To focus on door money means one is paying so much attention to the amount of money they are making at the door they do not consider there is much more profit to be made inside a venue.

It was too lonely to be heaven, and there wouldn't be stars in hell.

Never lose sight of the people who are the foundation of the future you are working to build.

Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies.

If you have the desire, passion and enthusiasm to do something, nothing in the world will stop you.

If you continue to concentrate so deeply on the negative factors you are unable to acknowledge all the positive results.

Now is the time to realize your potential and look beyond disappointment and focus on blessings. They are all around you, if you only take the time to welcome them into your life.

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Courage sleeps within our heart waiting to be awoken.

Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Fiction is as easy as telling a convincing lie. The more believable the better the story.

If an art form is marginalized it's because it's not speaking to people.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

There should always be an end game, or else all you are doing is practicing for an opportunity for which you have no idea of what it is or what it will even look like.

I just follow God's lead. One step, one day and one opportunity at a time. The hardest part is not becoming distracted.

We must learn to choose between lining our bank accounts and being accountable for our future.

Don't spend so much time chasing your future that you run over your present.

It's not what you lift, it's where you carry it.

All things human begin with words.

Once I had been introduced to depression, I realized if I wanted to help my friend and preserve our friendship, I needed to understand what the illness was all about.

He heard her low accord, Half prayer and half ditty, And He felt a subtle quiver, That was not heavenly love, Or pity.This is not writIn any book.

Sometimes the best way to find what you really desire in life is to stop looking for it.

Again and again, counteract the agitation and turbulence of the mind by relaxing more deeply, not by contracting the body or mind.