St. Vincent Quotes
My aunt and overprivileged cousin only recognize two states of being: glitter and grunge. And if you weren’t glitter, well, that only left one other option.
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death; I am not on his pay-roll.
For the body at best Is a bundle of aches, Longing for rest; It cries when it wakes.
All my life, Following Care along the dusty road, Have I looked back on loveliness and sighed.
Sorrow like a ceaseless rain Beats upon my heart. People twist and scream in pain-- Dawn will find them still again; This has neither wax nor wane, Neither stop nor start.
Life isn't all beer and skittles; few of us have touched a skittle in years.
You establish a technique on how to develop characters. Everyone does it their own way, and that's what makes it fun.
I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
In the highest class of God's school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation.
People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out
I really like being a woman. ... I like it more now because I think it's more of a privilege.
There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.
Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm that God's blessings are being given, and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.
Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.
You can make yourself enthusiastic by affirming enthusiasm and by thinking, talking, acting enthusiastic.
I truly believe that the individual who learns to practice thanksgiving activates within himself and around himself continuous victories and blessings from God.
To have a mind full of peace, merely fill it full of peace. It's as simple as that.
The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.
Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.
Motivation is like nutrition. It must be taken daily and in healthy doses to keep it going
Only the person who risks is truly free. A man's conquest of himself dwarfs the conquest of Mt. Everest.
Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.
The right kind of fear will keep us from doing wrong. The rough is only mental - it is rough only because your think it is.
Hold the thought of all elements of the body working together in perfect rhythm.
No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.
You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.
Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a moment when you say, "With God's help I now forgive."
I believe absolutely and certainly that, when you die, you will meet your loved ones and know them and be reunited with them, never to be seperated again.
Having asked God for forgiveness, accept release, then truly forgive yourself and turn your back definitely on the matter.
The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.
People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.
I'm searching for a shred of humanity in that shriveled tangle of arteries you call a heart.
He’s not like you, Tod. Aside from a couple of notable exceptions, you tend to think things through, but Nash is ruled by his heart—