In speaking the truth of your experience to another, it will serve you well to realize that how they choose to respond is not your responsibility.
A person without regrets is a nincompoop.
I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible. . . and enjoying everything in between.
I'm going to take the high road because the low road is so crowded.
Life is about loosing, everything, gracefully
Do the things you think you cannot do. Do all the good you can, by all the means available, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, all the times you can, for as long as ever you can. Our own feelings of helplessness are our own worst enemy.
Find things that shine and move toward them.
I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because. . . you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.
You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman.
Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo.
All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.