Barbara > Barbara's Quotes

“Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.”
― Paul Brunton

“It's beauty that captures your attention, personality which captures your heart...”
― Roy R. Gilson

“Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.”
― Sophia Loren

“Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them.”
― Owen Meredith

“The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend. ”
― Jim Harrison

“Only after disaster can we be resurrected.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.”
― Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents

“Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
― Marcel Proust

“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”
― John F. Kennedy

“a sincere promise, coupled with a helping hand, can bring hope where before there had been only despair.”
― Richard Sagor, Motivating Students and Teachers in an Era of Standards

“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
― Brian Jacques, Taggerung

“I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

“Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.”
― Ann Aguirre, Grimspace

“Nothing Stays Secret Forever”
― Jennifer R. Hubbard

“Secrets are what can ease or crush a soul, mend or destroy a heart, and rescue or murder a life.”
― Alexis Hurley

“I think honesty is the most heroic quality one can aspire to.”
― Daniel Radcliffe

“A hero is also someone who, in their day to day interactions with the world, despite all the pain, uncertainty and doubt that can plague us, is resiliently and unashamedly themselves. If you can wake up every day and be emotionally open and honest regardless of what you get back from the world then you can be the hero of your own story. Each and every person who can say that despite life’s various buffetings that they are proud to be the person they are is a hero. Now I do have to mention the real heroes of The Trevor Project, the men and women volunteers, all of whom stand up day after day answering the calls of desperate teens whose circumstances have pushed them to the edge of the abyss. To take that call, and say yes, I will be the one who saves this life takes such courage and compassion. Hemingway’s definition of ‘grace under pressure’ seems fitting as the job they do is every bit as important, and every bit as delicate as a soldier defusing a bomb.”
― Daniel Radcliffe

“Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.”
― Daniel Radcliffe

“There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.”
― Daniel Radcliffe

“. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative.”
― Barbra Streisand

“I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.”
― Jim Morrison

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky