All Quotes By Tag: Inspiring-quotes
“The first step before anyone else in the world believes it is that you have to believe it.”
“When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.”
“No one is you and that is your superpower.”
“You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic.”
“You are enough just as you are.”
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
“You were born to make an impact.”
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”
“I walk slowly but never backwards.”
“Know what you want and reach out eagerly for it.”
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“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)… ‘I spoke to three scholars,’ [the character says ‘at last.’] …two of them said that, after death, the [sic (misprint, fault of the publisher)] just go to Paradise. The third one, though, told me to consult some verses from the Koran. [end quote]’ …I can see that he’s excited. [narrator]’ …Now I have many positive things to say about Coelho: He is respectable, inspiring as a man, a truth-seeker, and an appealing writer; but one should hesitate to call him a ‘literary’ writer based on this quote. A ‘literary’ author knows that a character’s excitement should be ‘shown’ in his or her dialogue and not in the narrator’s commentary on it. Advice for Coelho: Remove the ‘I can see that he’s excited’ sentence and show his excitement in the phrasing of his quote.(Now, in defense of Coelho, I am firmly of the opinion, having myself written plenty of prose that is flawed, that a novelist should be forgiven for slipping here and there.)Lastly, it appears that a belief in reincarnation is of great interest to Mr. Coelho … Just think! He is a man who has achieved, (as Leonard Cohen would call it), ‘a remote human possibility.’ He has won lots of fame and tons of money. And yet, how his preoccupation with reincarnation—none other than an interest in being born again as somebody else—suggests that he is not happy!”
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“A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew.”
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“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
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