L Quotes
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“Look back at your life. It's like a river. It has made its path till now. It will make its path in future also. Don't fear. Keep flowing.”
“Look Back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up in gratitude.”
“Look, back in the old days, ravens used to be gentle and white, like doves, okay? But they were terrible gossips. One time I was dating this girl, Koronis. The ravens found out she was cheating on me, and they told me about it. I was so angry, I got Artemis to kill Koronis for me. Then I punished the ravens for being tattletales by turning them black.”
Reyna stared at me like she was contemplating another kick to my nose. “That story is messed up on so many levels.”
“Just wrong,” Meg agreed. “You had your sister kill a girl who was cheating on you?”
“Well, I—”
“Then you punished the birds that told you about it,” Reyna added, “by turning them black, as if black was bad and white was good?”
“When you put it that way, it doesn’t sound right,” I protested. “It’s just what happened when my curse scorched them. It also made them nasty-tempered flesh-eaters.”
“Oh, that’s much better,” Reyna snarled.
“If we let the birds eat you,” Meg asked, “will they leave Reyna and me alone?”
“I—What?” I worried that Meg might not be kidding. Her facial expression did not say kidding. It said serious about the birds eating you. “Listen, I was angry! Yes, I took it out on the birds, but after a few centuries I cooled down. I apologized. By then, they kind of liked being nasty-tempered flesh-eaters. As for Koronis—I mean, at least I saved the child she was pregnant with when Artemis killed her. He became Asclepius, god of medicine!”
“Your girlfriend was pregnant when you had her killed?” Reyna launched another kick at my face. I managed to dodge it, since I’d had a lot of practice cowering, but it hurt to know that this time she hadn’t been aiming at an incoming raven. Oh, no. She wanted to knock my teeth in.
“You suck,” Meg agreed.”
Source: The Tyrant’s Tomb
“Look back. Look around. Look above. Look ahead. Honestly, ask yourself who you are, what you want, where you need to go, how you will get there, and what you should do when you are there. That way, you will be on the right track to success.”
Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success
“Look back on the utopian dreams of the previous century, or even the century before that, where people thought machines would ultimately give us a quality of life where our needs would be taken care of so we could all basically be artists together in the evening, after we had fished, hunted, raised cattle - or whatever it was Marx imagined for us.”
“Look back on Time, with kindly eyes -
He doubtless did his best -
How softly sinks that trembling sun
In Human Nature's West -”
“LOOK back on time with kindly eyes, He doubtless did his best; How softly sinks his trembling sun In human nature's west!”
Source: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
“Look back on your wedding
And be filled with joy and pride
Deservedly so, for the many years
You've flourished, side by side”
“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.”
“Look back to 1948 when the British Medical Association denounced Aneurin Bevan as 'a would-be Führer' for wanting them to join a National Health Service. And Bevan himself described the BMA as 'politically poisoned people'. A survey at the time showed only 10 per cent of doctors backed the plans ... But where would we be today if my predecessors had caved in?”
“Look back to learn how to look forward.”
Source: How to Sell Anything to Anybody
“Look back to the cross, and the disciples gazing on it in terror from afar, and then look around on the nations that are influenced by the faith that there centres - and note the change! Then take these elements, established in history, and calculate the orbit Christianity is to fill.”
“Look back to the old days: people bought an MS DOS machine and struggled with it for weeks to bring it up to speed. Then Apple created Macintosh, struggled a bit with it, but eventually succeeded. Then it went into other businesses. If your company truly wants to change the world, it would make these problems go away for customers.”
“Look back with joy. Look forward with hope. Be present with peace.”
Source: Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace
“Look back, and smile on perils past.”
Source: Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott ...
“Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.”
“Look back. Look back at me." Richard Armitage spoke this line in the movie North and South as he watched Miss Hale drive away in a carriage.”
“Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.”
Source: Poetical works: With the life of the author
“Look before you leap.”
“Look before, or you'll find yourself behind.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Look behind you. Remember that you are a man. Remember that you will die.”
Source: Lord of Shadows
“Look behind you: What have you learned? Look around you: What is happening to others? Look above you: What does God expect of you? Look besides you: What resources are available to you?”
Source: The Right to Lead: Learning Leadership Through Character and Courage
“Look Below and You'll feel Rich,
Look Above and You'll feel Poor”
“Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.”
“Look beyond the closed door, move on, and find better doors.”
Source: Beyond the Closed Door: Unique Keys to Unlock Destinies
“Look beyond the failure of others.”
Source: Exploiting Chaos: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change
“Look beyond the mountains and think of the joy of being at the mountaintop. Let the anticipation of the view from the top ignite your resolve.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Look beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea.”
“Look beyond the present circumstances, imagine a brighter future.”
Source: The Alphabets of Success: Passion Driven Life
“Look beyond the talker, and uncover the stalker. If the mind is darkened with character disEASE, the behavior will symptomatically follow...those whose mentality becomes infected by their obvious blight, easily become the host targets of their contagion.”
“Look beyond the words spoken; actions speak louder than words and reveal the true motives behind any pretext.”
Source: Twenty + One - 21 Short Stories - Series II
“Look beyond what you call “your Disabilities”
Source: No One Is Better Than You
“Look beyond what you see.”
“Look beyond what you think is possible for you… Stretch your imagination… Free your creativity…
Dare to be different! Become fearless and free! Embrace your dreams with passion!”
“Look beyond your circumstances and look up to the God of victory.”
Source: A Manual for Victory
“Look beyond your current circumstances to future happiness, wholeness, wealth, and new beginnings.”
“Look beyond your tasseled caps
And you will see injustice.
At the end of your fingertips
You will find cruelties,
Irrational hate, bedrock sorrow
And terrifying loneliness.
There is your work.”
Source: Letter to My Daughter
“Look beyond yourself.”
“Look both ways before you cross my mind.”
“Look bravely up into the sky,
And be content with knowing
That God wished for a buttercup
Just here, where you are growing.”
Source: The Complete Poems of Sarah Orne Jewett
“Look but don't touch.
Taste but don't eat.
Smell but don't desire.
Depart form all sanity.”
Source: Life is a Remembrance
“Look carefully around you and recognize the luminosity of souls. Sit beside those who draw you to that.”
“Look carefully at the closest associations in your life, for that is the direction you are heading.”
Source: Vantage Points on Learning and Life
“Look carefully at the goat sitting on the edge of the cliff: Everything that shows you the peace of being fearless is a great teacher for you! That goat is a teacher for you, respect him!”
“Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.”
“Look carefully through all the claims pressing upon you in your complicated life, and decide once and for all what it is that is the one really important and overmastering duty in it, and should be the one dominating aim. Then remember that if you succeed in that, the others, so multifarious, are really no more than the fringe of the garment, and that you need not spend so much anxiety over them, provided that the one most important is faithfully attended to.”
“Look, Cha Cha!” says Bo Bo.
“We’re here at our new home!”
Cha Cha shrugs her shoulders as she takes her first look at the Mandai Zoo.”
Source: A New Home for Bo Bo and Cha Cha
“Look, choosing to wait until marriage makes me feel empowered. But if the same choice cripples you, then it wasn't the right one.”
Source: The Revenge Playbook
“Look, Clara,” I say enthusiastically and raise my hand to show my lover the beautiful butterfly couple, but then I realize that she’s already noticed them.
Sitting up, she nods to me with a smile. Her gaze follows them, just like mine, until they’ve finally disappeared out of sight, without rushing and without a destination.
Now Clara turns to me, with a smile that lights up her deep, dark eyes.
The most beautiful sight in the world, I think dreamily, gently plucking a thistle from her disheveled hair.
“That’s certainly a good omen,” she says, lost in thought.
“For what?” I ask, smiling.
She winks at me. “For the future. For our life. For whatever you want.”
Source: The Awakening of the Butterfly
“Look close enough at your problems and you’ll see there’s really nothing there at all. Problems only exist in the mind. They’re not real. There are only solutions waiting to be found.”
Source: Spiritual Words to Live by : 81 Daily Wisdoms and Meditations to Transform Your Life