Atrevido Quotes & Sayings

A lot of things are inherent in life -change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds- but these events don't have to be the cause of ongoing suffering. Yes, these events cause grief and sadness, but grief and sadness pass, like everything else, and are replaced with other experiences. The ego, however, clings to negative thoughts and feelings and, as a result, magnifies, intensifies, and sustains those emotions while the ego overlooks the subtle feelings of joy, gratitude, excitement, adventure, love, and peace that come from Essence. If we dwelt on these positive states as much as we generally dwell on our negative thoughts and painful emotions, our lives would be transformed. — Gina Lake

I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it. — Walter Dean Myers

I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind. — Angel Olsen

We pray, 'lead us not into temptation'. Do we then lead ourselves into temptation? — Thomas Watson

Saving became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth — John Maynard Keynes

Never before, never since have I felt for any woman, fuck anyone the way I felt about you. I want that back. I want my girl back. — Kristen Ashley

If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life. — Astrid Lindgren

The next day I got up early and walked through the city. I visited the Musee Rodin. I stopped in a bistro, and with all the fear of a boy approaching a beautiful girl at a party, I ordered two beers and then a burger. I walked to Le Jardin du Luxembourg. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. I took a seat. The garden was busting with people, again in all their alien ways. At that moment a strange loneliness took hold. Perhaps it was that I had not spoken a single word of English that entire day. Perhaps it was that I had never sat in a public garden before, had not even know it to be something I'd want to do. And all around me there were people who did this regularly. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.' — Jada Pinkett Smith

I was in Cuba in the winter of 1937. I was playing in Cuba, and I'm in the shower, and I slipped and caught myself with my right arm. I felt something pull right then. Then, in '38, when I came back, my arm was messed up. — Leon Day

The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather. — Margaret Mead

Resolved: that every man should live to the glory of God. Resolved second: that whether others do this or not I will. — Martin Luther

It was crazy how a hearse and a pair of sneakers could cheer a guy up. — Kami Garcia