Amanda Donovan > Amanda's Quotes

“Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them!”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes

“To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.”
― Robert Harris, Pompeii

“Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks:

“Aren’t you tired of waiting?”

“Yes,” answers the rose, “but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning
I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose.
I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated.
They are the ones who never fought.
They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’
Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.
Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Dreaming carries no risks. The dangerous thing is trying to transform your dreams into reality.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul. Because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“What is success?" poses the Copt. "It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Do not seek to be loved at any price, because Love has no price.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“Elegance is accepted and admired because it makes no effort to be elegant.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“In desperate attempt to give meaning to life, many turn to religion, because a struggle in the name of a faith is always a justification for some grand action that could transform the world.

‘We are doing God’s work,’ they tell themselves.

And they become devout followers, then evangelists and, finally, fanatics.

They don’t understand that religion was created in order to share the mystery and to worship, not to oppress or convert others. The great manifestation of the miracle of God is life. Tonight, I will weep for you, O Jerusalem, because that understanding of the Divine Unity is about to disappear for the next one thousand years.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“We will always meet rivals in everything we do, but the most dangerous are those we believe to be our friends.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

“There are fires, vast and endless, that burn in me for you. And I will carry them until you are ready to walk through the Flames of me.”
― William C. Hannan

“If you think you need something for you to be happy, you make that thing your god.”
― Kyle Cease, I Hope I Screw This Up: How Falling In Love with Your Fears Can Change the World

“when we haven’t done something before, our minds are under the illusion that we can’t, so they’re horrified that we’re moving beyond the story they have built to protect us.”
― Kyle Cease, I Hope I Screw This Up: How Falling In Love with Your Fears Can Change the World

“We are called at certain moments to comfort people who are enduring some trauma. Many of us don't know how to react in such situations, but others do. In the first place, they just show up. They provide a ministry of presence. Next, they don't compare. The sensitive person understands that each person's ordeal is unique and should not be compared to anyone else's. Next, they do the practical things--making lunch, dusting the room, washing the towels. Finally, they don't try to minimize what is going on. They don't attempt to reassure with false, saccharine sentiments. They don't say that the pain is all for the best. They don't search for silver linings. They do what wise souls do in the presence of tragedy and trauma. They practice a passive activism. They don't bustle about trying to solve something that cannot be solved. The sensitive person grants the sufferer the dignity of her own process. She lets the sufferer define the meaning of what is going on. She just sits simply through the nights of pain and darkness, being practical, human, simple, and direct.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Rhysand stared at me for long enough that I faced him.
"Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don't feel anything at all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“There are those who seek me a lifetime but never we meet,
And those I kiss but who trample me beneath ungrateful feet.

At times I seem to favor the clever and the fair,
But I bless all those who are brave enough to dare.

By large, my ministrations are soft-handed and sweet,
But scorned, I become a difficult beast to defeat.

For though each of my strikes lands a powerful blow,
When I kill, I do it slow... ”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff, and he was the wind that stirred me about the world.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses