Quotes by American Authors - Page 57

To be happy to be sad and sad to be happy is to sing an echo in that beautiful language called Sorrow.
Criss Jami
I knew that suffering can purify, that it's a kind of fire that can be worth enduring, but there were degrees of it to which I chose not to subject myself.
Dean Koontz
One major cost of self-deception is that we use painful life experiences to justify being non-ideal versions of ourselves.
Cortney S. Warren
God cannot remove the burdens of your heart, but he will prompt you where to go, what to say and what to do, in order to free yourself from your chains.
Shannon L. Alder
The paint is drying, and time is dying. The pain is crying, lying on my back, trying to get back the time, to brushstrokes too fast, wet went dry and love went dull; now I live in a portrait I never painted.
Anthony Liccione
There are two things that may happen to a person: the first is that you become so soft that no one and nothing can break you, and the second is that you become so hard that nothing and no one can break you. Either way you go, the path will be very painful. But herein is the great sadness of it all: that anyone must try to become something that cannot be broken (whether the soft or the hard). Why must we be born into a world where we must spend our lives struggling to become unbreakable?
C. JoyBell C.
I wish she could see how it hits him. The look on his face, his life caving in. Because then maybe she’d realize, if only for a split second, that even though the world doesn’t matter to her, she matters to the world.
David Levithan
Sensitive people feel so deeply they often have to retreat from the world, in order to dig beneath the layers of pain to find their faith and courage.
Shannon L. Alder
The hardest part of letting go is the "uncertainty"--when you are afraid that the moment you let go of someone you will hate yourself when you find out how close you were to winning their affection. Every time you give yourself hope you steal away a part of your time, happiness and future. However, once in a while you wake up to this realization and you have to hold on tightly to this truth because your heart will tear away the foundation of your logic, by making excuses for why this person doesn't try as much as you. The truth is this: Real love is simple. We are the ones that make it complicated. A part of disconnecting is recognizing the difference between being desired and being valued. When someone loves you they will never keep you waiting, give their attention and affection away to others, allow you to continue hurting, or ignore what you have gone through for them. On the other hand, a person that desires you can't see your pain, only what they can get from you with minimal effort in return. They let you risk everything, while they guard their heart and reap the benefits of your feelings. We make so many excuses for the people we fall in love with and they make up even more to remain one foot in the door. However, the truth is God didn't create you to be treated as an option or to be disrespected repeatedly. He wants you to close the door. If someone loves you and wants to be in your life no obstacle will keep them from you. Remember, you are royalty, not a beggar.
Shannon L. Alder
Life is too short to miss out on anything, even if it's pain.
J.T. Geissinger
For some soldiers, there is a greater war going on behind the gun's shadow of family and friends, than in front of the gun pointing at strange enemies.
Anthony Liccione
It was one of those rare times of shared happiness, of perfect contentment. We had a feeling of expectation, that what was already wonderful would only get better and better as time went on. These moments are one of the rarest, most fragile things in the world. You have to seize the day; you have to recall all the rotten, dirty things you endured to earn this peace. You have to remember to enjoy each minute, each hour, because although you may feel like it's going to last forever, the world plans otherwise. You want to be grateful for every precious second, but you simply can't do it. It's not in human nature to live life to the fullest. Haven't your ever noticed that equal amounts of pain and joy are not, in fact, equal in duration? Pain drags on until you wonder if life will ever be bearable again; pleasure, though, once it's reached its peak, fades faster than a trodden gardenia, and your memory searches in vain for the sweet scent.
George Alec Effinger
A person must face the root cause of their relentless personal pain. Irrespective of whatever bricks buttress our youthful personal philosophy, pain avoidance, and pain therapy are likely two of its foundation stones.
Kilroy J. Oldster
I'd rather see your honest pain than a brave front.
Francine Rivers
For love to eliminate pain is to waste it, for it is love alone that possesses sufficient force to bend pain against everything that would break us.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
Thankfully, the nature of pain reminds us of what the ease of pleasure foolishly allows us to forget.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
I knew then why I had to suffer. The older we get, the more reasons God gives us to seek His comfort. In the end, He sends us just enough pain and suffering so that we will want to leave. If everything were perfect, we would never choose to go. He wants us to seek an end to our suffering because He wants us to want to come Home.
Kate McGahan
We live in a world of shadow and light, pain and joy. We spend our entire lives investigating the many possible patterns of human experience including interactions between humankind and nature and with one another. We must learn from our chronicles and assist future generations by living a fully engaged life attempting to ascertain how to live in an authentic and joyous manner.
Kilroy J. Oldster
Stupidity is to have amnesia over your own faults when the person you hate makes theirs.
Shannon L. Alder
Silent as a flower, her face fell in dismay, aware that the ghost of lust ate and left, sensing that there was a different scent of perfume consuming the room, and that she had numbered and counted the he loves me, he loves me not of each petal, where the lifeless dust had settle.
Anthony Liccione
Don’t be with him, don’t want him, don’t go with him. Be with me. Want me. Stay with me.I don’t know how to be without you.
Cassandra Clare
So if you love me, let me go.And run away before I know.My heart is just too dark to care.I can't destroy what isn't there.Deliver me into my fate -If I'm alone I cannot hateI don't deserve to have you...My smile was taken long agoIf I can change I hope I never know
Slipknot
Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space.
Chuck Palahniuk
Those who can show love are always kind. Those who cannot show love cannot be kind.
Debasish Mridha
You may not be able to find peace until you create it inside your forgiving mind.
Debasish Mridha
It is not very difficult to build world peace. We just have to be kind to each other and treat each other with great care.
Debasish Mridha
With every sunrise, our hearts sing with joy, our minds dance with love, and our lives get energized with new life.
Debasish Mridha
Your subconscious mind is the universal mind with a universal consciousness.
Debasish Mridha
The greatest gift that you can give anyone is your pure love.
Debasish Mridha
A flower teaches us how to love.
Debasish Mridha
To enhance your experience and consciousness, your mind is always trying to understand everything that is going on around you.
Debasish Mridha
You can never achieve greatness until you can leave bitterness behind.
Debasish Mridha
Feelings are the language of the heart. Everything else is static noise.
Debasish Mridha
I don’t want fame, money, or duty. I want to close my eyes and see your loving beauty.
Debasish Mridha
Touch your enemies’ heart with love. It will bloom flowers of gratitude and joy.
Debasish Mridha
Dreams come true if we can pursue them by overcoming the fear of failure.
Debasish Mridha
Loving everyone does not mean everyone will love you. Love everyone because you want to expand your world.
Debasish Mridha
We often end our journeys without beginning them. We learn about the world without knowing ourselves.
Debasish Mridha
Love without judging. Love without reason.
Debasish Mridha
Why do you think that you are weak when you are blessed with the power of love?
Debasish Mridha
A hug is a priceless gift of love and kindness.
Debasish Mridha
Never forget the prime purpose of your life.
Debasish Mridha
Don’t wait for opportunity in front of a closed door—wander until you find the open one.
Debasish Mridha
Hope opens the door of opportunity and shines the way to possibilities.
Debasish Mridha
A flower is a gift of love from the universe given to you. So cherish it, enjoy it with a full blissful heart.
Debasish Mridha
Richness does not exist in being wealthy, richness exists in having abundance in life.
Debasish Mridha
Close your eyes to see the world with your imaginative mind.
Debasish Mridha
Life is so transient and ephemeral; we will not be here after a breath. So think better, think deeply, think with kindness, and write it with love so that it may live a little longer.
Debasish Mridha
The heavenly sound of music kindles my heart, twinkles my mind, and feeds my soul so that I may transcend and transform.
Debasish Mridha
Love all, trust all, and help all. Know that no one can hurt you without your permission.
Debasish Mridha
Never forget to be kind when you have to be critical.
Debasish Mridha
To be respected, respect others.
Debasish Mridha
It is difficult to live without judging others. If you have to judge, then judge with love.
Debasish Mridha
Let your mind dance with me. Let it be, just for a moment, stress free.
Debasish Mridha
Love and kindness are the universal language of all creation.
Debasish Mridha
If you love without judging anyone, you create your own heaven on this magnificent earth.
Debasish Mridha
Pursuit of truth, not success, is the ultimate purpose of an illuminated life.
Debasish Mridha
If you ever want to love someone, love yourself unconditionally first.
Debasish Mridha
Stop focusing on how miserable you are and focus on how many opportunities you have to get better.
Debasish Mridha
When someone can love without judging, he is truly wise.
Debasish Mridha