“Please do not break your heart over the withering of a dream you once held, that never became yours! After all, the shattered dream could have very well been a nightmare and not a dream at all, you wouldn't really know because you didn't have it yet! Let the sparks fade, let the flame dim and die, you'll never know it wasn't poison.” Inspirational QuotesAcceptanceInspirational LifeLetting GoDivine ProvidenceShattered DreamsStanding DownKnowing When To Let Go Author:C. JoyBell C.
“A man once jumped from the top floor of a burning house in which many members of his family had already perished. He managed to save his life; but as he was falling he hit a person standing down below and broke that person's legs and arms. The jumping man had no choice; yet to the man with the broken limbs he was the cause of his misfortune. If both behaved rationally, they would not become enemies.” IfsMenPersonsChoicesFallHouseCausesEnemyHe ManBrokenArmsMembersStandingLegsBurningBrokeMisfortunesJumpingLimbsBurning HouseStanding Down Author:Isaac Deutscher
“The realization that you're not always standing down there on the field merely to win, to be successful, was very liberating. One can be successful by helping the team, the other players. All of a sudden I felt the kind of empathy for people that I hadn't felt before.” PeopleKindHelpingWinningFeltSuccessfulPlayerTeamFieldsEmpathyStandingRealizationBeing SuccessfulLiberatingStanding Down Author:Oliver Kahn
“I could be standing in the supermarket, and there is a person standing down the aisle, who is reading the back of a cornflakes box but everything about them is going "It's me! I'm the one you want! I am the necessary subject. This is it!"” WantPersonsReadingSubjectsStandingBoxesSupermarketsAisleStanding Down Author:Bill Henson
“Israel is trying to legitimize the settlements, and he [Celso Amorim] said, quote, "Dayan is the leader of a policy condemned by the United Nations, and as such, it would go against Brazil's interest and world peace to allow him to become ambassador here." And for the moment, it doesn't look like the Brazilians are going to be standing down on this issue.” WorldTryingLooksSaidMomentsNationsInterestUnitedLeaderIssuesPolicyStandingIsraelUnited NationsBrazilSettlementAmbassadorsStanding Down Author:Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
“Here is something that Peach, one of the Casserole Queens, says about men and women and love. You know that scene in Romeo and Juliet, where Romeo is standing on the ground looking longingly at Juliet on the balcony above him? One of the most romantic moments in all of literary history? Peach says there's no way that Romeo was standing down there to profess his undying devotion. The truth, Peach says, is that Romeo was just trying to look up Juliet's skirt.” KnowsMenWayTryingLooksMomentsLove YouSceneMen And WomenStandingAnd LoveDevotionQueensLook UpSkirtsJulietSweetheartPeachesMost RomanticBalconiesCasserolesRomantic MomentsStanding Down Book:Honey, Baby, Sweetheart Source: Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” InspirationalWisdomMotivationalActionBeautifulSpeakFearPeaceLeadershipInspiringInterestingSilenceLeaderCourageStrengthHumilityListeningFineWise WordsWords Of WisdomHumorousBraveryDown AndGreat MenCourageousListenersPrime MinisterGreat ArtBe BraveReconciliationPublic SpeakingDon't Give UpHave CourageJust ListenSitting DownPeace And JusticeBe CourageousConflict ResolutionBusiness LeadershipIt Is What It IsOratoryFear And CourageFear CourageBravery And CourageCourage StrengthGood ListenerSpeaking UpInspirational CourageBravery And FearCourage To ChangeTrue CourageSpeaking In PublicLeadership CourageCourage And LeadershipSitting UpListening To GodShort CourageEffective ListeningGrace Under PressureBravery And StrengthFunny CouragePersonal CourageStand Up For What You Believe InContinuous EffortBrave And StrongStanding Down Author:Winston Churchill
“Sometimes standing up for what you believe means standing down and allowing the universe to do its work.” BelieveMeanSometimesUniverseStandingDown AndAllowingBelieve In MeStanding Down Author:Gregor Collins