from the Guns N’ Roses song called Patience. Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Patience, grasshopper,” said … Continue reading All we need is just a little patience
Wednesday Quotes set the theme of sunrise. I’m more than a week late which should surprise no one. “There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.” ― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Not quite, … Continue reading Dawn, Sunrise, Daybreak
by John Lennon, of course, from his song Beautiful Boy. When searching for quotes about today’s prompt I found ones that are not really about celebrating milestones but about celebrating life. I kept looking but … then I realised I’ve lived my life like this. … Continue reading Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans
We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.”― John Marsden, The Dead of Night “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”― Chris Maser, … Continue reading But does nature want to connect with us?
“It’s courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.” ― Ruskin Bond “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ― e.e.cummings Wednesday Quotes: Courage
"Family ties are never simple. They present a complicated weave at best." Anonymous
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“Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”
― Jim Butcher, Vignette
Wednesday Quotes: Making a Difference
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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
— Nelson Mandela
NB: I have no idea why that person, a fan at a rugby game, wore Mandela’s name on the no. 7 jersey. The famous jersey Nelson Mandela wore at the 1995 world cup was that of the captain Francois Pienaar, i.e. no. 6.
Wednesday Quotes: Conquering Fear
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The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple.
Alan Watts
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