Gratefuls Quotes & Sayings

She took a life because someone
humiliated her, hurt her image of herself as the Valkyrie, the
stainless warrior. Exposed her weakness, which was only love. So she
avenged herself. So easy to justify, I wrote to her. It's because you
felt like a victim you did it. If you were really strong, you could
have tolerated the humiliation. — Janet Fitch

We learn how to kiss, or to drink, talk to our buddies-all the things that you can't really teach in social studies or history-we all learn them at the movies. — Jack Nicholson

I never completely understood the phrase, "I took my medicine religiously", unless of course it was a religion I was unfamiliar with!! — Neil Leckman

Individual style is the correct balance of knowing who you are, what works fro you, and how to develop your own personality — Giorgio Armani

In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be — Andrew Flintoff

You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me. — Banana Yoshimoto

She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves. — James Weldon Johnson

God accentuate our mind with exact words to write. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Notice I did not say what people can do
what we can do is merely a consequence of what we can be. — Max DePree

But the Alim laughed at this. 'And we know who they are. Allah have pity on the Anglicans! Samad, when the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intellect go away,' said the Alim, shaking his head. 'And one third of his religion. — Zadie Smith

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside. — Zoe Saldana

There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule. — Elizabeth Goudge

There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me. — Tavi Gevinson

Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)-the results can be amazing! — Carol Burnett

The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever. — Mario Cuomo

The amateur allows his worth and identity to be defined by others. The amateur craves third-party validation. The amateur is tyrannized by his imagined conception of what is expected of him. He is imprisoned by what he believes he ought to think, how he ought to look, what he ought to do, and who he ought to be. — Steven Pressfield