“Standing on your own two feet creates stability.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
“While you may answer to others, you are ultimately accountable to yourself.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
“You are responsible for you. But that’s not where your responsibility ends.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
“The more you choose to accept responsibility for your life, the more power you’ll have to determine your destiny.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
“Extrinsic motivation can spark initial effort, but without intrinsic interest, it often leads to a superficial understanding of material.”
“Martellus: Talking behind my back, are you?
Krosp: Of course not! You're right here!”
“In a moment of mouse madness, I had clicked on a hi-tech outfit that apparently could breathe, sweat and possibly even do the running for me, or that’s what I expected for the price.”
Source: A Dozen Second Chances
“But the irony: Don't I often want to desperately wriggle free of the confines of a small life? Yet when I stand before immensity that heightens my smallness--I have never felt sadness. Only burgeoning wonder. Is it because within each frame of finite flesh lies the likeness of infinite God? In all things large and spectacular, we recognize glimpses of home and the call to our own deeper chemistry. Do we writhe to peel out of our smallness and into the big life because that fits our inborn God-image?”
Source: One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
“I'd still be nice to you if you were ugly."
"Okay."
A wicked grin slipped over his full lips. He bent his head down and whispered, "I just wouldn't offer you any cookies."
I folded my arms and tried to ignore the close proximity of our faces. "I'm starting to think cookies is a code word for something else."
"Maybe it is." He tugged on my bag again as he took a confident step back, forcing me down another step. "And just think about it. If cookie was a code word, whatever it symbolizes, it's been in your mouth, sweetheart.”
Source: Wait for You
“If you guys want to get a MOM tattoo and save a little money, just get two letters done. Get about a one-inch capital M tattooed on each cheek of your ass in pink and brown ink. Then when you bend over, it says "Mom." Also, later on if you're havin' sex with your girlfriend, and her parents are in the next room, when you finish up you can just lie on your back, draw your legs up to your chest and silently say, 'Wow!”
Source: Brain Droppings