Lakozia Quotes & Sayings

When we hear about compassion, it naturally brings up working with others, caring for others. The reason we're often not there for others - whether for our child or our mother or someone who is insulting us or someone who frightens us - is that we're not there for ourselves. There are whole parts of ourselves that are so unwanted that whenever they begin to come up we run away. — Pema Chodron

I despise rushing headlong into a mystery. Much more satisfying to dip in a toe, test the waters, ease in slowly before we start to swim. — Shannon Hale

A great acacia, with its slender trunk
And overpoise of multitudinous leaves.
(In which a hundred fields might spill their dew
And intense verdure, yet find room enough)
Stood reconciling all the place with green. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

It was the vehicle that propelled me to international stardom. ("Harder They Come") I was known as a singer/songwriter before that, but people did not know me as an actor. It showed the world where the music I contributed to create was coming from. It opened the gates for Jamaican music, internationally. — Jimmy Cliff

My relationships were never equitable. My husbands were always older than me, and they made the rules, they ran the show, and I followed them. — Danielle Steel

There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle ... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender. — Peter Pace

For years now I have run a kitchen-sink punk salon in my house, called Salon du Gay. In the early days, people would pay for a riot grrrl bob or a passable bleach job with a mixtape, $3 or a selection of baked goods - whichever they could afford. More recently though, with Gossip doing well, I've performed these punk hair transformations for free. — Beth Ditto

The funny thing about memory is that it can't be fully trusted, and yet, in the end, it's the only truth we have. — Mindscape

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done. — Robin S. Sharma

A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained. — Ruth Westheimer

I try to be consistent, so I practice yoga and Pilates to help keep my body and mind balanced. — Miranda Kerr

We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to coerce that consent. Authority here is to be controlled by public opinion, not public opinion by authority. — Robert H. Jackson

Perfection doesn't exist here, AWESOME does. — Tanya Masse