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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What’s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you’re too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating …and you finish off as an orgasm.”
― George Carlin

“Time moves forward don’t live backwards”
― E'yen A. Gardner

“Do not be concerned with how others treat you. Be only concerned with how you treat others.”
― Julia Heywood

“You don't need to know what you want. You only need to know what you don't want...”
― Julia Heywood

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“I believe in integrity. Dogs have it. Humans are sometimes lacking it.”
― Cesar Millan

“Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking
responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.”
― Cesar Millan, Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life

“Denial,they say, stands for"Don't even notice I am lying." Human beings are the only animals who are happily lied to by our own minds about what is actually happening around us.”
― Cesar Millan, Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life

“There is no such thing as a problem breed. However, there is no shortage of 'problem owners'....”
― Cesar Millan, Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems

“I'll believe it if I see it" for dogs translates to "I'll believe it if I smell it." So don't bother yelling at them; it's the energy and scent they pay attention to, not your words.”
― Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier

“You cannot "love" a dog out of her bad behavior, just as you can't "love" a criminal into stopping his crimes.”
― Cesar Millan, Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems

“Spiritual fulfillment doesn't have to mean belief in a religion or disbelief in science. ... Whether one believes in an unseen, all-knowing force, or the wonder of science and the universe, or simply the beauty of the human spirit, nearly every one of feels an inner longing to feel part of something bigger than ourselves.”
― Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier

“Wolves are disciplined not only when they hunt but also when they travel, when they play, and when they eat. Nature doesn't view discipline as a negative thing. Discipline is DNA. Discipline is survival.”
― Cesar Millan, Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems

“Years later, my wife, Ilusion, woke me up to the realization that you can't just "dump" your whole species simply because you've had a few bad encounters with some of its members. ... Intimacy's a greater goal to seek. ...That true knowledge of intimacy within our own species will allow us to pass it along to interspecies relations.”
― Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier

“Mother Nature's ruthless to the weak, but isn't arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses consistent leadership--to help keep things running smoothly. Mother nature doesn't rule by fear and anger, but by calm strength and assertiveness.”
― Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier

“If you give only 80 percent leadership, your dog will give you 80 percent following. And the other 20 percent of the time he will run the show. If you give your dog any opportunity for him to lead you, he will take it.”
― Cesar Millan, Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems

“But just because a person goes to Harvard doesn't mean he's balanced when he graduates, and just because a dog knows how to obey doesn't mean he's balanced, either.”
― Cesar Millan, Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems

“I believe it's our loss of connection with our instinctual side that prevents us from being effective pack leaders for our dogs. Perhaps it's also why we also seem to be failing at being positive guardians of our planet.”
― Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier