Quotes by American Authors - Page 3156

Quotation confesses inferiority.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
life weighs heavy upon my shoulders and patience starts wearing thin, it is divine hope and dreams which sustain me, pushing me forth against the wind.
Terry a O'Neal
Where have all the Fembots gone?
Ren Garcia
Só a quero porque não a posso ter.Como um rapaz imberbe
Madeline Hunter
Get busy with the issue! In this regard, time is not friendly…nor should it be.
T.F. Hodge
Stories You Can Feel!
Corey Aaron Burkes
Rulers are not anointed. They are created by the void of self-mastery.
T.F. Hodge
Fear is the lack of faith in one's ability to create powerful solutions.
T.F. Hodge
Nor is there wanting in the pressSome spirit to stand simply forth,Heroic in it nakedness,Against the uttermost of earth.The tale of earth's unhonored thingsSounds nobler there than 'neath the sun;And the mind whirls and the heart sings,And a shout greets the daring one.
Robert Frost
I drift like a cloud,Across these venerable eastern lands,A journey of unfathomable distances,An endless scroll of experiences...Lady Zhejiang here we must part,For the next province awaits my embrace.Sad wanderer, once you conquer the East,Where do you go?
Tom Carter
I live to inspire, not start the fire.
Jonathan Anthony Burkett
This path was not that of my conscious choosing. But after persistent subconscious confrontation, I have finally embraced what is, 'souly' for me...and I am thankful, when called upon, to be able to share and give to those who seek their own way of the path.
T.F. Hodge
What's up with you? How come you're being like this?' Because it's the truth. This is the world we live in.
Chuck Palahniuk
I’ve got some questions,Are you sick of feelin’ sorry?And people sayin’ not to worry?Sick of hearing this hakuna matata motto,From people who won the lotto,We’re not that lucky.Have you noticed that you’re breathing?Look around and count your blessings,So when you’re sick of all this stressin’ and guessin’I’m suggestin’ you turn this up and let them hear you sing it
Set it off
Cottage cheese, broken down into its simplest form, is milk that has been curdled to mimic the cellulite its consumption is meant to banish.
Elsie Love
What would Golan Do? That way I can ask myself before I do anything. Before I take a dump. How would Dr. Golan want me to take this dump? Should I bank it off the side or go straight down the middle? What would be the most psychologically beneficial dump I could take?
Ransom Riggs
Maybe you'll change Abandon all your wicked waysMake amends and start anew againMaybe you'll seeAll the wrongs you did to meAnd start all over, start all over again.Who am i kidding?Now, lets not get overzealous hereYoure always been a huge piece of shitIf i could kill you i wouldBut it's frowned upon in all fifty statesHaving said that, burn in Hell.
Set it off
People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.
Chris Prentiss
The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive
John Green
Image is only temporal. Substance endures. Who said, "Image is everything"? And who believed it?
T.F. Hodge
For the human experience, life in the natural world seems to require the application of meaning, in order to evoke purpose.
T.F. Hodge
Though the earth contains greater energy and mass than any single being, linked together, "people make the world go-round".
T.F. Hodge
The great correspondent of the seventeenth century Madame de Sevigne counseled, "Take chocolate in order that even the most tireome company seem acceptable to you," which is also sound advice today!
Barrie Kerper
Life, for the living, is a gift of opportunity; an exercise of the will to choose.
T.F. Hodge
Sorry. I get attacks of quotitis every once in a while. It's a very rare disease with no cure. It usually attacks older people, and here i am afflicted with it at my tender age.
Madeleine L'Engle
Stupid quotes are only Twitters in disguise.
Shannon L. Alder
Day or night, good or bad…all things from within.
T.F. Hodge
You may have the dark and cold street life, ruled by the lessor light of the moon. During this time I restore my temple, and later awake to greet the awesome radiance of the sun-star.
T.F. Hodge
Inspirational quotes are dances of light that shine in dark places during your life.
Shannon L. Alder
Bling" is not an indication of riches. It is a product of value-based spending, to enrich the pockets of those outside of ones sphere of influence...the haves' bleeding the have-nots'.
T.F. Hodge
...the Statue of Liberty's got this invitation: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your reeking homeless--''Huddled masses,' said Ira. 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'...Okay, fine. So like everybody in the old countries says, 'Hey, I'm a huddled mass,' and they all wanna come over.
Neal Shusterman
You will not do incredible things without an incredible dream.
John Eliot
When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village.
T.F. Hodge
During moments of strife and 'dis-ease', check your flow and redirect your focus to that which is naturally good.
T.F. Hodge
Do not only think about it, but feel about it, also, before taking appropriate action.
T.F. Hodge
There is bound to be turbulence in the clouds of confusion before one can view the friendly skies, and an illuminated landing strip.
T.F. Hodge
If you wish to transform, pretend this day until it is so.
T.F. Hodge
In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with.
T.F. Hodge
Be the winner in your life!
Tae Yun Kim
To witness miracles unfold in your experience, count your blessings and be thankful. Perceived small blessings accumulate to be the most powerful.
T.F. Hodge
Solitude is the house of peace.
T.F. Hodge
Bravado may stir the crowd, but courage needs no audience.
T.F. Hodge
There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the room...
Mary Roach
Balanced emotions are crucial to intuitive decision making.
Michael D. Eisner
Your thoughts make what happen in your life~You can turn anything negative into the positive~What you visualize can come true and you attract it to yourself
Pattimari Sheets-Diamond
I was feeling rational and restless, which is horrible for watching movies
Sinclair Lewis
Judging by your face, the what-the-fuck nodes in your cerebral cortex must be a real light show.
Sam Lipsyte
If people were rain, I'd be a drizzle and she'd be a hurricane.
John Green
It's amazing how close I have been, all this time, to my old life. And yet the distance that divides me from it is vast.
Lauren Oliver
Writers don't get mad they get even in their novels.
Candace C. Bowen
I ate some emotional soup in my childhood and have spent a lifetime trying to digest it.
Billy Ray Chitwood
I choose many voices to consider and reckon with, rather than just one to tolerate.
T.F. Hodge
What is missing in our time is not the willingness of God toact in biblical ways, but the willingness of his people to believehe is still the God of the Bible—and to act on that faith. To throwaway fear, to stride against common wisdom, to risk all that wehave and all that we are so we may follow only our simple beliefthat the God of the Scriptures is still alive and that he will stilldo what he says in his Word.
Wes Moore
It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title.
T.F. Hodge
I would rather go swimming with great white sharks than wade in romance 'cause I can never find the courage to ask her to dinner or even to dance.
Adam Young (Owl City)
Perception can be one-sided or variant: "Glass half empty or half full." There usually is more than one way of perceiving. Thoroughly check your inner dialogue.
T.F. Hodge
If you want something done, you'll have to dream it yourself.
Corey Aaron Burkes
She had one of those goofy smiles that made you wonder if she was too stupid to know that life sucks most of the time.
Darcia Helle
What surrounds us is what is within us.
T.F. Hodge
Divide the constant tide and random noisiness of energetic flow, with conscious recurring moments of empty mind, solitude, gratitude and deep...slow...breathing. Of this, the natural law of self-preservation demands.
T.F. Hodge