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“A moment of disruption is where the conversation about disruption often begins, even though determining that moment is entirely hindsight.”
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“An essential part of a happy, healthy life is being of service to others.”
Source : Sue Patton Thoele (2016). “The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem”, p.132, Conari Press
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“It is a curious and painful fact that almost all the completely futile treatments that have been believed in during the long history of medical folly have been such as caused acute suffering to the patient. When anesthetics were discovered, pious people considered them an attempt to evade the will of God. It was pointed out, however, that when God extracted Adam's rib He put him into a deep sleep. This proved that anesthetics are all right for men; women, however, ought to suffer, because of the curse of Eve.”
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“We've had the Iron Age, the Stone Age, this is the pissin' about age.”
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“This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.”
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“When he'd pushed inside me and I'd feel him begin to penetrate, it had turned me into a wild thing-hot, wet, and desperate for more of him. With every kiss, every caress, every thrust, I'd just needed more. He'd touched me, I went nuts. The world dwindled down to one thing: him.”
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“Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.”
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“Becoming a champion is not an easy process... It is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there.”
Source : Nick Saban, Brian Curtis (2007). “How Good Do You Want to Be?: A Champion's Tips on How to Lead and Succeed at Work and in Life”, p.3, Ballantine Books
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“As I cooked in the cauldron of motherhood, the incredible love I felt for my children opened my heart and brought me a much greater understanding of universal love. It made me understand the suffering of the world much more deeply.”
Source : Tsultrim Allione (2000). “Women of Wisdom”, p.41, Shambhala
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“I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. I crazily see the way out of a terrible situation. I crazily try to be the diplomat. If there are two warring factions in my life, I want them to agree to disagree at the very least.”
