Inspirational Archive
"'we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one big human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own.'" - Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
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Posted in Books, Inspirational, Media, Theory
"i've never met a person, i don't care what his condition, in whom i could not see possibilities, i don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, i believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life any time he is ready and prepared to do it, whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it, the capacity for reformation and change lies within." -Preston Bradley
"After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't mean security, and you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises, and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open, with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child, and you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure... that you really are strong, and you really do have worth." - Veronica A. Shoffstall
"I don't think I'm great. I have fallen down more times than I can count, just like so many other housewives out there. We're all just barely holding on and we all think that we're alone. So maybe you're right, maybe it isn't a cook book: it's a lifeline for those other women because I want them to know there's always a chance to get something right. Even if it's just a casserole." - Desperate Housewives
"Did you ever meet someone and have them totally change your life? That every thought you ever had about life and yourself was changed . . . the way you look at life and people and even breathe. It's like all that time you were hiding inside yourself till that person came into your life and suddenly everything was different. But even though they changed the way you looked and felt about things, they made you perhaps a little more cynical and untrusting of the world. And somehow it has to be learned that it's possible to trust again. And not everyone is going to stare you in the face and lie to you. But it's learning that, that's the hard part. It's not going to happen in a day . . . a week, or a month, but pretty soon you'll begin to realize that not everyone is going to hurt you. And that's when you're happy."