Sharon Heaverly > Sharon's Quotes

“...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)”
― Keith Ablow, Denial

“God is not attracted to mountaintops or church steeples. God is drawn to suffering, and the dark places it surfaces, which is why sharing pain freely feels very much like love, and may be the same thing. (207)”
― Keith Ablow, Denial

“God is not attracted to mountaintops or church steeples. God is drawn to suffering, and the dark places it surfaces.”
― Keith Ablow, Denial

“Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.”
― Robin Roberts

“Venture outside your comfort zone. To stop growing is to stop living.”
― Robin Roberts, From the Heart: Seven Rules to Live By

“Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel.”
― Robin Roberts, Everybody's Got Something

“How do we keep our inner fire alive? Two things, at minimum, are needed: an ability to appreciate the positives in our life – and a commitment to action. Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: ‘What's good in my life?’ and ‘What needs to be done?”
― Nathaniel Branden

“There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.”
― Nathaniel Branden

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”
― Ayn Rand

“Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.”
― John Grisham, The Rainmaker