Motivierende S Tze Quotes & Sayings

This time is given to me by God that I may live in it. It is not given to make something out of it, but given me to be stored away in eternity as my own. — Thomas Merton

It's not fiction's job to be photographically representative of reality. If I want to make a fictional world where there's no kindness, this doesn't mean I believe there's no kindness in the real world. In fact, what it may mean is that I very much value kindness. Like if you make a painting in which only greens are allowed, it wouldn't mean you don't believe in blue. — George Saunders

O the world is but a word; were it all yours to give it in a breath, how quickly were it gone! — William Shakespeare

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances. — Todd Solondz

Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good. — Epicurus

She felt like a creature born to reside on the bottom of the ocean floor, dark and flat and half-blind, slowly rising through the icy water to the glittering light above. — Lisa Jewell

There remains the unforseen. And the unforseen is never negligible. — Georges Bernanos

Often, even if I'm struggling with a decision or something, if I just go out into the ocean, that answer will come without thinking about it too much. — Jorja Fox

I'm not making films just to be bold. — Yash Chopra