106 quotes found
“I nodded again, but I knew I would not grow up to drive a bulldozer. It would be awful to be dirty all day like these men. I didn't say it, but at best I would keep one in the backyard, like a goat.”
“I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw shit, he's up!”
“Don't pay attention to people Who tell you can't do it at lenght. Trusting your own instincts Can lead to what's quintessential. Make their limitation be your strenght. You might as well contradict...”
“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”
“He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.”
“Aim higher in case you fall short.”
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
“It's daring to be curious about the unknown, to dream big dreams, to live outside prescribed boxes, to take risks, and above all, daring to investigate the way we live until we discover the deepest...”
“When all the kids answered "fireman", "dentist", "mother", "want to marry a rich guy" and "astronaut", mine was "rockstar" when we grow up. Half of that was met. I knew I wouldn't be happy with any...”
“The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.”
“Here's a funny question:What is your favorite word?Think about itmaybe it's a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that sounds gloriously beautiful, or a word that evokes awe and wonder....”
“Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on Uncle Keith's trunk. Behind Tacy's house the sun had set. A wind had sprung up and the trees, the...”
“Looking back, I now realize that I left home in search of all the things that were right in the very place I left.”
“I ask, Is the cup half-empty or half-full? And when I ask that question, I am amazed at how many people have no cup.”
“Life is cold, but I will put on my clothes and wear my shoes”
“I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they shoot me. Depending on how things turn out.”
“Get in touch with your inner most desire and aspirations, then utilise the power of your heart to create a life of bliss.”
“It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is curl back up in that mome...”
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
