Outstretching Hand Quotes & Sayings

Trust is an intangible thing, a token of faith that you extend to another. And the irony of it is that it will never solidify into anything true or strong unless you allow yourself the vulnerability of outstretching your hand, with the hope that the other will reciprocate the gesture. — Sofia Malamas

Nobody is so heartily despised as a pusillanimous, lazy, good-for-nothing, land-lubber; a sailor has no bowels of compassion for him. — Herman Melville

There will be a feast tonight I lick my lips and jump back out as the majority of the horde moves on. I keep running behind them to make sure that they keep going straight. — Two Little Cowboys

God's image ... is found not best in individual humans, but in humans as they relate to each other. — Luke Timothy Johnson

Maybe we're strangers no matter where we go. Or maybe we'll make a home somewhere inside ourselves, to carry with us wherever we go. — Veronica Roth

Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it. — Abu Bakr

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not. — Arnold J. Toynbee

I'm always smiling because I'm happy
I'm happy because the sunrise in the morning is a beautiful site to behold,
even if it's hidden by clouds and rain and snow, I know it's still there
I'm happy because of the person who just let me ahead,
even though ten others wouldn't, one person did, and that was all I needed
I'm happy because I have a friend
even though others have dozens or hundreds, one person who will be there for me is all I need
I'm happy because of the air filling my lungs
even though it may not be the cleanest, it means I'm alive
I'm happy because
While the sun rises and air fills my lungs, My dreams have a chance of one day coming to pass, and one person by my side to see that day with, makes everything else irrelevant.
And that, is why, I'm always smiling. — Omar Kiam

If doing the most you can for others means that you are also flourishing, then that is the best possible outcome for everyone. — Peter Singer

People want to look at you and see your whole future laid out the way they know it, and I was saying that didn't happen. People aren't born with I'M GREAT! flashing on their foreheads. — Walter Dean Myers

Martin was alphabetizing my bookshelves. They used to kill men for sacrilege like that. — Jim Butcher

I like to play this game. I made it up myself, but I play it only once a year. — Sandra Cunha