When our trials come, when we feel pain and suffering, when our tears flow again, it is our joy and comfort to lift our faces heavenward and to go on, standing on the promises of God.
Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.
When you are through changing, you are through.
You can love someone so much. . . But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.
No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn't matter how hard you hit back. It's about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That's how you win.
When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul-then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.
The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself
Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward.
The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.
It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored.
You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.
It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.