Being Silent Doesn't Mean Quotes & Sayings

When you have to manage the world, please everyone, earn more than you did last year, and work off five pounds, you will be driven. If not, you run the risk of being un-American or even un-Christian because our economy and churches rely on such people. Even when paralyzed by circumstances, a stressed person is a driven person. — Edward T. Welch

I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me. — Louise L. Hay

I am a clown...and I collect moments. — Heinrich Boll

An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an understanding of all Quality. — Robert M. Pirsig

I'm a has-been. Who the fuck cares about me?"
Shadows said softly, "You're a god".
Wednesday looked at him sharply. [ ... ] "So?"
"It's a good thing to be a god", said Shadow
"Is it? — Neil Gaiman

Being silent for me doesn't require being in a quiet place and it doesnt mean not saying words. It means, "receiving in a balanced, noncombative way what is happening." With or without words, the hope of my heart is that it will be able to relax and acknowledge the truth of my situation with compassion. — Sylvia Boorstein

If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. — Lois McMaster Bujold

I'll always be a Brit abroad, and I love London so much, but New York is my home. — Simon Spurr

I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me. — Annie Lennox

To be hopeful in an artistic sense it is not necessary to think that the world is good. It is enough to believe that there is no impossibility of it being made so. — Joseph Conrad