Upepo Portland Quotes & Sayings

True abundance has nothing to do with anything that I am having, and everything to do with what I am being. And that when I share my abundance of beingness abundantly with all those whose lives I touch, everything I sought to have came to me automatically, without my even trying to have them. — Neale Donald Walsch

Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy. — Remy De Gourmont

The way I see it, every time a man gets up in the morning he starts his life over. Sure, the bills are there to pay, and the job is there to do, but you don't have to stay in a pattern. You can always start over, saddle a fresh horse and take another trail. — Louis L'Amour

They both carried a million cracks beneath the skin. Even under the stark light of the fluorescents, it was hard to see which of them was more broken. But for the first time, she felt like she had to vanquish her mental illness not for herself but for someone else. Because she was broken with him, and if she fixed herself, maybe she could make him a little less broken, too. — Pam Godwin

But suppose my eyes aren't blue enough? Blue enough for what? Blue enough for ... I don't know. Blue enough for something. Blue enough ... for you! — Toni Morrison

Exactly who is this God character who is said to be all-powerful yet needs to hire lawyers to take us to court? Isn't he miffed when someone he had always considered to be a true follower turns to the legal system rather than to prayer? Why would the faithful risk making God look ridiculous by losing a trial on Earth when he is certain to win every trial in heaven? — Scott Simon

Human nature appears to be just the same, all over the world — Mark Twain

North Korea. Not only does North Korean have nuclear weapons, but their leadership appears to not be rational. — Ted Lieu

She knew she'd wounded him when he'd least expected it, and her satisfaction lasted until the door had closed behind him. Once he was gone, it ebbed away along with her anger, leaving her with naught but the ashes and embers of a dying hearth fire. — Sharon Kay Penman

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun. — Kanye West

Wind rippled the trees, the darkness seeming to gather itself closer around him. — Rick Burroughs

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. — Ramakrishna

Happiness is a form of courage. — Holbrook Jackson

Refuse to complain about your problems. Keep them to yourself. As speaker-humorist Ed Foreman says, "You should never share your problems with others because 80 percent of people don't care about them anyway, and the other 20 percent are kind of glad that you've got them in the first place. — Brian Tracy

Certainly survival is important - very important - but at some point surviving wasn't enough. I felt ready to complete my surviving journey and start thriving and just living. — SARK