Bekins Grand Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes it was hard to tell where the performance ended and the real self began - but what was this "real" self other than a set of performances? — Ken Liu

I do believe in the Bible as the final word of God. And I do believe that God said the Earth would not be destroyed by a flood. Now, do I believe in climate change? In my trip to Greenland, the answer is yes. The climate is changing. — John Shimkus

The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind's strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without these abilities, we cannot function. When we drink a glass of water, drive a car, or have a conversation, we are using mindfulness and awareness. — Sakyong Mipham

When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the way it is, lumps and all. Don't worry if your presentation isn't perfect; ask from your heart. Keep it simple, and people will open up to you. — Jack Canfield

The eyes sparked a lot of things for me, it could be somebody remembering something they had witnessed or heard about, or it could be the person in the photograph that was experiencing a tragedy or it could also be the spectator looking on from a safe distance. — Alex Prager

Try becoming a person people want to be with rather than conforming yourself to the false identity of what you conceive their ideal to be. — An Na

Do it the hard way! Think ahead of your job. Then nothing in the world can keep the job ahead from reaching out for you. Do it better than it need be done. Next time doing it will be child's play. Let no one or anything stand between you and the difficult task, let nothing deny you this rich chance to gain strength by adversity, confidence by mastery, success by deserving it. Do it better each time. Do it better than anyone else can do it. I know this sounds old-fashioned. It is, but it has built the world. — Harlow Curtice

The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul. — Bruce Springsteen

Live the life you believe in.
Live to the fullness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Nor is there wanting in the press
Some spirit to stand simply forth,
Heroic in it nakedness,
Against the uttermost of earth.
The tale of earth's unhonored things
Sounds nobler there than 'neath the sun;
And the mind whirls and the heart sings,
And a shout greets the daring one. — Robert Frost

We have been gradually finding out that there is more democracy in letting a committee or representative ten to details than in making everybody's business nobody's business. — Edward Pearson Pressey

You fear me, because you don't know what I am. I look like a woman, I sound like a man, and your reason tells you the sum total is impossible! — Anonymous