1780s American Quotes & Sayings

Are you allowing your own expectations to hinder you from freely expressing yourself? Is your idea of the right way keeping you from your best way? Are you too distracted to show up? Are you living like a programmer instead of a poet? — Emily P. Freeman

But you've been too busy saving the Wizarding world. Well ... I can't say I'm surprised. I knew this would happen in the end. I knew you wouldn't be happy unless you were hunting Voldemort. Maybe that's why I like you so much. — J.K. Rowling

We fear to trust our wings. We plume and feather them, but dare not throw our weight upon them. We cling too often to the perch. — Charles Newcomb Baxter

The safe, empty room sneered at him. — Ian Fleming

What can happen in a few minutes changes you forever. — Julie Anne Peters

He'd have to turn on his high-voltage charm with these people. Should work. They were only used to 12V battery power after all-he'd dazzle them. — Josephine Myles

My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and contemplating or building things. The other is execution mode. It takes a while to switch from one to the other. — Trent Reznor

The reality about life is that challenges are inevitable. — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

Even when you err, it is a thousand times better to err out of conviction than to hide your true opinion to respect some authority. — Houston Stewart Chamberlain

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can. — Samuel Beckett

There is a value in repetition. When we repeat certain phrases and even actions, like fingering prayer beads, we create a quiet rhythm within our spirits. The beating of our heart is a repetition as is the rhythm of our breathing. All of life has its rhythms, and the repetition of familiar prayers can bring our interior spirits into harmony with the Divine Heartbeat and the breathing of the Divine Christ. — Stephen J. Binz

For some reason surfing ... I'm not scared of the ocean so the risk doesn't seem as great to me. — John Slattery

Mindfulness exercises produce literal changes in the brain's connections, significantly affecting how well a person interacts with other people and adapts to difficult situations. — Daniel J. Siegel