“Becoming an actor has really helped me as a human being. The joys in my life I feel are more joyful, and the sorrows I feel are a bit sadder, but I find I'm more in tune with my feelings as a human being and others as well.” FeelsHumansWellsFeelingsJoyActorsBitsHuman BeingsBecomingSorrowTunesJoyful Author:James Preston Rogers
“In my own work, humor is necessary, for the reasons stated above, but also because forbidding your characters silliness, absurdity, irony, and vulgarity forbids them aspects of the human experience every bit as universal as sorrow.” HumansReasonCharacterBitsMy OwnSorrowAspectUniversalIronyAbsurdityHuman ExperienceVulgaritySillinessWork Humor Author:Anthony Marra
“I sometimes think that perhaps our minds are too weak to grasp joy or sorrow except in small things...In the big things joy and sorrow are just alike - overwhelming. At least, we only get them bit by bit, in tiny flashes - in waves - that our minds can't stand for very long. p 199” ThinkingMindLongSometimesBigsJoyBitsSorrowWeakWaveTinyOverwhelmingFlashBig ThingsSmall ThingsJoys And Sorrows Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Oh, I'm developing a beautiful character! It droops a bit under cold and frost, but it does grow fast when the sun shines. That's the way with everybody. I don't agree with the theory that adversity and sorrow and disappointment develop moral strength. The happy people are the ones who are bubbling over with kindliness.” PeopleWayDoeCharacterBeautifulGrowsBitsMoralSunTheoryColdSorrowAdversityAgreeShiningDisappointmentDevelopingFrostHappy PeopleSun ShinesKindlinessMoral Strength Book:Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated Source: Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated
“She freshens me up above a bit. Who'd ha thought that face - as bright and as strong as the angel I dream of - could have known the sorrow she speaks on? I wonder how she'll sin. All on us must sing.” DreamFacesSpeakStrongBitsSinKnownWonderSorrowAngel Author:Elizabeth Gaskell
“If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.” IfsFeelsShouldMindBitsShareMinesFriendsSorrowInvites Book:De Profundis: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings Source: De Profundis: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings
“A home is much more than a house built of lumber, brick, or stone. A home is made of love, sacrifice, and respect. We are responsible for the homes we build. We must build wisely, for eternity is not a short voyage. There will be calm and wind, sunlight and shadows, joy and sorrow. But if we really try, our home can be a bit of heaven here on earth. The thoughts we think, the deeds we do, the lives we live not only influence the success of our earthly journey, they also mark the way to our eternal goals.” IfsThinkingWayTryingMadeHomeEarthJoyHouseHeavenBitsGoalSacrificeJourneyInfluenceWindSorrowEternalShadowBuiltStonesEternityMarkResponsibleCalmDeedsSunlightBricksVoyagesJoys And SorrowsLumberLove Sacrifice Author:Thomas S. Monson
“It's a peculiarity of the Norwegian culture and of the English and American, too, that men are not supposed to cry. Stiff upper lip and all that. But the Vikings cried like women in public or privately. They soaked their beards with tears and were not one bit ashamed about it. Yet, they were as quick to draw their swords as they were to shed tears. So, what's all this crap about men having to hold in their sorrow and grief and disappointment?” MenCultureBitsGriefCryTearsSorrowDrawsLipsDisappointmentAshamedCriedShedCrapBeardVikingsNorwegiansStiff Upper Lip Author:Philip Jose Farmer