Ria H > Ria's Quotes

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It

“If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time cease to react at all.”
― Yogi Bhajan

“there's only one rule that's essential for your training: never give up. You can make mistakes, you can learn incredibly slow or be clumsy as you like. But you cannot give up.”
― Torsten Weitze, Ahren

“This is one of the hardest lessons this world will present you with. The knowledge that you have taken a life is terrible. But the knowledge that you haven’t saved a life because you haven’t lived up to your responsibilities can destroy even the most battle-hardened warrior. So decide wisely, which action you think is best to take when you are in a conflict situation’.”
― Torsten Weitze, The Naming

“What are the two most popular then?’ asked Ahren, nervously trying to distract himself. ‘Beer and women,’ responded Trogadon, grinning widely until Jelninolan glared at him sternly, whereupon he became strangely fascinated by the tips of his boots.”
― Torsten Weitze, The Isles of the Cutlass Sea

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou