Quotes & Sayings About Being Shy And Opening Up

Psychoanalysis is often about turning our ghosts into ancestors, even for patients who have not lost loved ones to death. We are often haunted by important relationships from the past that influence us unconsciously in the present. As we work them through, they go from haunting us to becoming simply part of our history. (243) — Norman Doidge

Give me a puzzle to solve. Let me see if I can solve it. — Eric Berlin

You already alone. If you want more alone, I can knock you into the middle of next week, and leave you there. — Toni Morrison

ferry landing, found — Mark Twain

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse. — Alexander Pushkin

How many of us would really leave our families, our jobs, our education, our friends, our connections, our familiar surroundings, and our homes if Jesus asked us to? If He just showed up and said, 'Follow Me'? No explanation. No directions. You could follow Him straight up a hill to be crucified. Maybe He would lead you to another country, and you would never see your family again. Or perhaps you would stay put, but He would ask you to spend your time helping people who will never love you back and never show gratitude for what you gave up. Consider this carefully- have you ever done so? Or was your decision to follow Christ flippant, based solely on feelings and emotion, made without counting the cost? — Francis Chan

I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A. — Edward Ruscha

There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are. — Oprah Winfrey