Embracers Quotes & Sayings

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving. — Thomas Keller

All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity. — Philip Pullman

You smell heavenly. I slept on your side of your side of the bed because your pillow smells of you. — E.L. James

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Action is what separates the do-ers from the dreamers. — Lennox Lewis

The earth community, the Life Community, is not the property of any one religion or group or part of the world; it is the Commons that embraces us all, our planetary home. And it needs us as never before. It calls to us to become, not heroes but community builders, builders of home, gatherers and embracers, bearers of hospitality, keepers of the shared space that nurtures us all. It calls us not to go forth and come back laden with honors but to honor where we are, who we are, and from that place to reach out to connect to and honor each other in the community of life. — David Spangler

I don't believe in God. I believe something is happening, I'm not sure what it is. — Sonny Barger

I don't care what the critics say. My fabulous mom will give me a good review if nobody else does ... — Ginger Rogers

From the top of the bus she could see the vast bowl of London spreading out to the horizon: splendid shops with mannequins in the window, interesting people and already a much bigger world. — Julia Gregson

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. — Twyla Tharp

I've always been an ironic dreamer, unfaithful to my inner promises.
Like a complete outsider, a casual observer of whom I thought I was,
I've always enjoyed watching my daydreams go down in defeat.
I was never convinced of what I believed in.
I filled my hands with sand, called it gold, and opened them up to let it slide through.
Words were my only truth.
When the right words were said, all was done; the rest was the sand that had always been. — Fernando Pessoa

You hide a Jew. You pay. Somehow or other, you must. — Markus Zusak

There are so many noises and pulls and competing demands in our lives that many of us never find out who we are. Learn to be quiet enough to hear the sound of the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in other people. — Marian Wright Edelman

My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings. — Erica Jong

If you're gonna take people on a journey that deals with some pretty heavy themes, I think you best have a sense of humor, here and there. — Francesca Gregorini