quotes about Self Empowerment

“Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.”

Source : 'Cargoes' (1903)

“The reason why you date people is to get to know who you're gonna marry and spend the rest of your life with”

“As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don’t hurt others.”

“On the Trans-Atlantic Single-handed Race Mr Owen Smithers has been disqualified for using both hands.”

“While we pursue the unattainable, we make impossible the realizable.”

“Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth.”

“Judas is a reflection of anyone who ends up rejecting Jesus. It's a tragic story?not something to shake your finger at, but something to be sad about.”

“And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

“I want to savor the aging process. As you get older, you trade your innocence for wisdom and the wisdom is your reward.”

“That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true.”

Source : David D. Burns (1999). “The Feeling Good Handbook”, Plume Books