Jarlath Carbin Quotes & Sayings

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy - material or spiritual. — Jack Kornfield

I equals all of the ifs added up over time. The ifs, those are the possibilities; that's infinite for all of us. Every day there are just millions of them. Time, that's finite for each of us; there is no question there. Maybe if you divide choices by the amount of time you have, the real I can emerge, depending upon those choices. — Demetri Martin

Looking back on myself as a little kid, I see seeds of entrepreneurship. — Joshua Greenberg

Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked.
"Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose it does. What other pleasure can a creature have whose life consists of making everyone else miserable? — Nancy Farmer

I can't picture in my mind three hundred and sixty thousand dollars ... When I think of it, all I can see in my mind is a big nickel. — Harlan Ellison

Any cause that requires mockery and abuse to advance itself isn't one I need to engage with, regardless of my basic beliefs or agreement with the underlying goals. — Jay Lake

You don't learn about yourself by being alone, you learn about yourself from other people. — Lev Grossman

When I first met him, he did not care if a friend did not fit into his world, because at that time his world had not been born yet. — Anais Nin

He strengthened his body to keep up with his mind. He began lifting weights, practicing judo, and wrestling. One day after school, a bully tried to pick on Carmack's neighbor, only to become a victim of Carmack's judo skills. — David Kushner

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. — Benjamin E. Mays

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good. — C.S. Lewis

Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind. — Laura Ingalls Wilder

The art of never making a mistake is crucial to motherhood. To be effective and to gain the respect she needs to function, a mother must have her children believe she has never engaged in sex, never made a bad decision, never caused her own mother a moment's anxiety, and was never a child. — Erma Bombeck

The bow is life: the source of all energy. The arrow will leave one day. The target is a long way off. But the bow will stay with you, and you must know how to look after it. It requires periods of inaction - a bow that is always armed and braced loses its strength. Therefore, allow it to rest, to recover its firmness; then, when you draw the bow-string, the bow will be content, with all its strength intact. — Paulo Coelho