Mayola Martin Quotes & Sayings

It's only a thought and a thought can be changed. Choose good ones. — Wayne Dyer

We ain't going to curse anyone," said Granny firmly. "It hardly ever works if they don't know you've done it. — Terry Pratchett

Zen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings. — Frederick Lenz

I think I would like to write a book on love because one cannot speak of it too much. A Small Study on Love. A Survey of Love. An Investigation of Love. A Compendium on Love. An Omnibus on Love. The Forms of Love. An Opus on Love. Portraits of Love. To Love and to Be Loved. I see a young woman striding down the street and I wonder if she is in a hurry to love. I wonder if there will ever come a day when people can exchange hearts. — Meia Geddes

Power is performative in every one of its hydra-headed forms. — Jeffrey Alexander

Bad literature of the sort called amusing is spiritual gin. — George Eliot

You can't change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want. — Kathy Acker

I can be unbearable sometimes asking for so many takes. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

After Sara's accident, so many well-intentioned people had offered her words of hope - that God would heal her, that she would see again - as if that was a given. It was the same hope people had offered Marilyn all those years ago. Story upon story of women who had struggled through infertility and ended up with a child on the other side.
'God is good. It'll happen,' they had told her.
As if God's goodness depended upon whether or not He answered prayers the way people wanted Him to answer. The hard truth was the sometimes He didn't. He hadn't rescued Marilyn from her infertility, and He hadn't rescued Sara from her blindness. But that didn't negate His goodness. It just meant that He had different plans. — Katie Ganshert

In America, we know to ignore artists if they're serious in any way. — Stephen Colbert

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. — Jeff Wheeler

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive. — Dag Hammarskjold

Your body, the only one you will ever have, is the foundation of your life. And it's either an anchor limiting your freedom and potential or a source of radiant energy, vitality and joy, elevating your life and the lives of those around you. It's your choice ... will yours be a source of strength, from which you will impact the world, or an obstacle, preventing you from your dreams and desires? ... As my friend, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway is fond of saying,'If you're going to bother setting a goal, aim high!' ... My advice to you, aim high; aim for strength. — Shawn Phillips

They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another. — Michael Jackson

Keep people reading books, Mum; it helps to reinforce and strengthen the indefinable moments that anchor us in the here and now. Strive for the long now. — Jasper Fforde