All Quotes By Tag: Life-lessons

“…rarely do the ‘significant events’ in our lives change us. At least, not in any way we want. The people who suffer tragedy and go on to greatness? They’re the stuff of movies and TV shows and books, and–only very rarely–real life. Most of us just go on, the walking wounded, dealing with our lives. This doesn’t make us bad–it just means we’re not superheroes. It means we’re just people, like everyone else.”

“Until you deal with the core of the problem—nothing changes. Life is about choices; choices make a change.”

“Looking for solutions?Go to the mirror.”

“In the arena of life, once upon a time, almost everybody gets to the corner of unthinkable problems; some people get there and they see good solutions, others get there and they see bad solutions, and some people get there and they become a problem there: Life!”

“See life like a rose; don’t see it for the prickly thorns, see it for the color of the petals”

“If everyone will like to lead then who will deal.”

“You see,” he says to the girl. “you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too – even when you’re in the dark. Even when you are falling.” p.61”

“Playing chess with my father is torture. I have to sit very upright on the edge of my chair and respect the rules of impassivity while I consider my next move. I can feel myself dissolving under his stare. When I move a pawn he asks sarcastically, ‘Have you really thought about what you’re doing?’ I panic and want to move the pawn back. He doesn’t allow it: ‘You’ve touched the piece, now you have to follow through. Think before you act. Think.”

“When meaningless turns meaningful for us,we become experienced.”

“انهض، قف على قدميك و قاتل، على الارض لن تنال الا مزيد من الألم”

“الأنسان عبارة عن مجموعة عقول في صراع دائم بعضها مع بعض وأحياناً يغلب الشر فيها الخير مؤدياً إلى عواقب وخيمة”

“Life is not lived in black and white, but through an array of colors.”

“I kept waiting for this momentous breakdown, with everything crashing down in some spectacular show. What I didn’t recognize, is that all along I had been crumbling slowly and quietly, like unfired clay. It’s almost boring how unspectacular it is. Nothing earth shattering happened, in fact that’s the problem; day after day nothing happens. You just feel incapable, unfocused, disorganized, and defeated. Make some strong coffee and get to work. You’re not alone.”

“I do not know what came first, the brown-nose worker or the arrogant boss; I simple hate it and I not be part of it.”

“Pick a piece of the problem that you can help solve while trying to see how your piece fits into the broader social change puzzle.”