“When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me… and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different… and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it…”
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“I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.”
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
“You don't ask nobody to give what they can't give, or be what they can't be. You've learnt that, you got a headstart on heartbreak.”
― The Abiding Gospel of Claude Dee Moran, Jr.
― The Abiding Gospel of Claude Dee Moran, Jr.
“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.”
― Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary
― Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary
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