“Inertia is depression's best friend. There's always a hump to get over before you can actually change. So pushing yourself over the hump is like opening a door to a new brain pattern.” BrainDoorsPatternsOpeningPushingGet OverInertiaPush Yourself Author:Deepak Chopra
“You may not realize initially how many other opportunities are wrapped up inside the first one. After you go through the first door, you'll then discover more doors automatically opening behind that one. One door leads you to another door, which leads to another door, and so one. It's like ten other boxes packed inside one box. The initial door that God opens is your access to more opportunities. But you must be willing to walk through the first one to get to the other good things God has for you.” FirstsMayOpportunityRealizingWalksBehindsDoorsWillingTenGood ThingsBoxesAccessOpeningInitials Author:George Foreman
“I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it's like you're opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don't know who's going to come in that door.” KnowsSidesDoorsLike YouOpeningVulnerableFeminineOpening Up Author:Grace Jones
“If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that we caught long before. So thanks to them, thanks to all you guys. You opened doors that I don't think would have been opened in my lifetime. When white America started paying attention to the blues - it started opening a lot of doors that had been closed to us.” IfsThinkingLongHas BeensStillsAmericaGuyBlackWhiteAttentionHellDoorsMusicianLifetimeCaughtBritishOpeningThanksPay AttentionOpened Doors Author:B. B. King
“Once I finished, I got that procrastination monkey off my back! And I started seeing doors opening.” SeeingDoorsFinishedOpeningProcrastinationMonkeys Author:Eric Thomas
“When I meet a person that tells me they stopped hooping for no reason, I thank them for opening my door and making it easier.” PersonsReasonDoorsEasierOpeningNo Reason Author:Behdad Sami
“Stories set the inner life into motion, and this is particularly important where the inner life is frightened, wedged, or cornered. Story greases the hoists and pulleys, it causes adrenaline to surge, shows us the way out, down, or up, and for our trouble, cuts for us fine wide doors in previously blank walls, openings that lead to the dreamland, that lead to love and learning, that lead us back to our own real lives as knowing wildish women.” WayImportantRealStoriesShowsLife IsCausesKnowingCuttingTroubleDoorsWallFineWideReal LifeOpeningFrightenedBlankInner LifeAdrenalineGreaseCorneredDreamlandPulleys Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“I'm a believer that when one door closes another one opens. But why does the one opening always hit me full-speed-knob-first into my nuts?” FirstsDoeDoorsSpeedBelieverOpeningNutsKnobs Author:Bob Saget
“When I was young, all the politicians looked like ancient Latin teachers or greengrocers. They were mumbly, stumbly men with their hair blowing in their eyes, walking into trees, opening the wrong door. They had no idea how to present themselves.” MenIdeasEyeYoungTeacherDoorsTreeHairPoliticianWalkingAncientOpeningNo IdeaLatinHair Blowing Author:Dylan Moran
“Don't say I hate institutionalised religion - rather than saying I hate those things, which I do not, what I'm saying is that perhaps there is a way of opening more doors, rather than closing so many.” WayHateDoorsI HateOpeningClosing Author:Lady Gaga
“A "portal" is an opening (door, window, or opening). A heavenly portal or a glory portal is a heavenly opening through which God's goodness manifests. I have seen a portal in a vision and it was a circular opening where a column of light poured down into the earth. There were angels ascending and descending.” LightEarthVisionDoorsGoodnessGloryAngelWindowOpeningHeavenlyColumnsPortalDescendingAscendingOpening Doors Author:Patricia King
“There's really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward - opening up new doors and doing new things - because we're curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. We're always exploring and experimenting. We call it Imagineering - the blending of creative and imagination with technical know-how.” KnowsMovingImaginationSecretKnow HowCreativePathDoorsApproachCuriosityOpeningMoving ForwardCuriousNew ThingsExploringKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardOpening UpNew Paths Author:Walt Disney
“When I lived in the city, I had learned to close my door against a lot of the noise, but when I open my door here, I'm not opening into the possibility that I'm going to run into somebody or be faced with a hundred choices about what I'm going to do, or which cafe I'm going to go to, or which way to distract myself.” WayRunningChoicesCitiesDoorsPossibilityHundredNoiseOpeningCafes Author:Dani Shapiro
“I think there are a lot of different things that dreams do for the individual and they're fascinating because it's not totally known what they do, but we have some science that is opening the door to a new world as we speak.” ThinkingWorldDifferentDreamIndividualSpeakKnownDoorsOpeningFascinatingDifferent ThingsNew World Author:Tom DeLonge
“All of a sudden I was Joan [Mad Man] and they're going, "Oh, so she plays a badass in this." And I'm like, "Oh my god, I get to play badasses." Firefly was a little bit of that, but she started out as a mouse and then she turned into a dragon. But I never really had that opportunity. So all of a sudden people were like, "Oh, do you feel like you're being typecast?" I would say, "No, this is just opening the doors." No one thought I could do it and someone finally trusted me to do it.” PeopleMenFeelsLittlesPlayOpportunityBitsDoorsLike YouLittle BitMadOpeningDragonsTrustedMiceBadassFireflyMad Men Author:Christina Hendricks
“It was interesting that feminists of my generation told me: You are discouraging younger women; you are confirming stereotypes of women; you are opening a door, initiating a debate, that will harm our movement. And my point was: We are already having this debate, especially in the younger generation.” InterestingGenerationsDoorsMovementFeministHarmDebateOpeningStereotypeDiscouragingMy GenerationYounger Generation Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“Without someone giving you a shot, opening a door, believing that your obsession is a real thing when you're young, you don't get the opportunity. Every single day I'm reminded of that.” GivingBelieveRealYoungOpportunityDoorsShotsObsessionOpeningReal Things Author:Ryan Seacrest
“Each full, deep inhale creates more space in your body and mind. Each long, exhale moves you directly into that space. The deeper you breathe, the more opens up. It's like opening a door and walking through with each breath. The fuller your breaths the more and more doors open on up, leaving you with the space to walk on in!” MindLongBodyMovingSpaceWalksDoorsWalkingBreathsLeavingDeeperBreatheYour BodyOpeningMind And BodyInhale Author:Tara Stiles
“One of the things that I loved about when I met my husband was that he picked me up and he paid - I know that sounds old-fashioned but for me, most of my life, I always would split the bill or would always pay, or I would be very assertive about my independence and my financial responsibility. And I am a very strong woman and very strong-willed - but there was something really great about him taking care of me and treating me and opening the door and driving, and I am perfectly OK with that. And he still does it to this day.” KnowsDoeStillsWould BeCareStrongSoundPayResponsibilityDoorsMetsHusbandPaidIndependenceBillsFinancialDrivingOpeningMy HusbandThis DayVery StrongSplitsStrong WomenReally GreatOld FashionedAssertiveStrong WilledTake Care Of Me Author:Sutton Foster
“I do remember, the first time we met [with Patti Smith], the door opening with a squeak. And then there was this very beautiful girl looking out.” FirstsBeautifulRememberGirlDoorsMetsFirst TimeOpeningVery BeautifulBeautiful GirlFirst Time We Met Author:Steven Sebring
“I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.” PeopleThinkingMenBelieveGamesI BelieveStuffDoorsComfortInstinctDinnerChessOpeningThese DaysGentlemanBuyingGood ManChess GameOpening Doors Author:Anna Kendrick
“We have to remember that the United States has certain principles, certain values that bind us all together, that make us all American. And if we allow those values, those rights to be rescinded for one group of individuals, then we are essentially opening the door to having all of our rights, all of our privileges rescinded.” IfsStatesTogetherRememberCertainValuesIndividualUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesRightsDoorsGroupsPrivilegeOpening Author:Reza Aslan
“I want to be the bridge. I embrace it. I don't mind being a leader. I don't mind opening the doors. I guess my prayer is that there will be other leaders behind me who will come in and do more than what I've done, and more than what I can do and that this serves as an opportunity to level the playing field in hip-hop. I just want to be able to say "Hey, there's way more going on in life than the club."” WayWantMindI CanDoneAbleOpportunityCan DoPrayerLevelsBehindsLeaderDoorsFieldsEmbraceHip HopClubsOpeningHeyHipsBridgesHopsPlaying FieldsBeing A LeaderMind Opening Author:LeCrae
“Alistair Crowley used to define magic as anything in which you can exercise your will in the world through the use of your mind. So what's the magical way of opening or closing that door? Well, to will your body to stand up and close or open that door, that's magic. With the iPhone, it's like you put your intent into it, and it helps you exercise that intent in the world.” WorldWayMindWellsHelpingUseBodyUsedDoorsMagicLike YouExerciseYour BodyOpeningClosingIphone Author:Jason Silva