Johora Donaldson Quotes & Sayings

Overconfidence is a strong ally. People are always surprised when you try to do things you can't. — Edward W. Robertson

The two greatest enemies of the individual in the modern world are communism and psychiatry. Each wages a relentless war against that which makes a person an individual: communism against the ownership of property, psychiatry against the ownership of the self (mind and body). Communists criminalize the autonomous use of capital and labor, and harshly punish those who "traffic" in the black market, especially in foreign currencies. Psychiatrists criminalize the autonomous use of the self, and harshly punish those who "traffic" in self-abuse, especially in self-medication and self-destruction. — Thomas Szasz

I was the oldest of seven kids, so I had no older brother who would say, 'Schmuck, don't do that.' — Pete Hamill

The goodness of God is that which disposes Him to be kind, cordial, benevolent, and full of good will toward men. He is tenderhearted and of quick sympathy, and His unfailing attitude toward all moral beings is open, frank, and friendly. By His nature He is inclined to bestow blessedness and He takes total pleasure in the happiness of His people.1 — Chip Ingram

I may sound like a megalomaniac, but I feel like I'm equipped to become a great, memorable comedian, if I keep working my ass off and staying at the pace I'm at, and I feel a responsibility to do that because of the women who have done it before me, and the ones who need to do it after me. — Amy Schumer

So strong is tradition that later generations will dream of what they have never seen. — G.K. Chesterton

All phenomena are correlated in one absolute and necessary law, from which they can all be deduced. — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

In the early days of jazz, it was ensemble music: everybody playing all together. Nobody really stood out. — Terry Teachout

For the first time in my life, I've felt whole, alive, free. You were the missing piece of my soul, the breath in my lungs, the blood in my veins. — J.A. Redmerski

My work is an act of communication, and it's important to me the way what I assert lands, and where it lands within someone who sees it. On the other hand, I also recognize fully and live by the principle that once the work leaves my studio, I cannot control the effects it has. — Adrian Piper

Genius sees the answer before the question. — J. Robert Oppenheimer

Everybody thinks of others as being excessively human, with all the frailties and crotchets appertaining to that curious condition. But each of us also seems to regard himself as existing on a detached plane of observation, exempt (save in moments of avid crisis) from the strange whims of humanity en masse. — Christopher Morley

Life begins at the end of our comfort zone. — Neale Donald Walsch

There are few things worse than having feelings for someone you shouldn't, and I don't like where my thoughts were headed. — Stephanie Perkins

Don't fear; always extend your hand to help others. — Debasish Mridha