I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things: money, romance, recognition or survival.
A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be
Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.
Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort.
Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour True friends are like stars, you don't always see them but they are always there.
Yes, it's rather funny, really, that next to no-one realized the snake that Harry set free in Philosopher's Stone turned out to be Voldemort's final Horcrux, Nagini.
In times of crisis, it is of utmost importance to keep one's head.
Jesus tells us what the 'protocol' is, on which we will be judged. It is the one we read in chapter 25 of Matthew's Gospel: I was hungry, I was thirsty, I was in prison, I was sick, I was naked and you helped me, clothed me, visited me, took care of me. Whenever we do this to one of our brothers, we do this to Jesus. Caring for our neighbor; for those who are poor, who suffer in body and in soul, for those who are in need. This is the touchstone.
Perfectionism is the death of a great room.
And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium.
This is a guy [Steven Lerner] who believes, for example, that Reaganomics or trickle-down economics means, "The rich got rich by stealing from the poor," or stealing from the middle class and making them poor via debt. He has worked with unions in Europe.