"I guess that is what dying must be like; to be finished and to be able to look back at the struggles of life, and know that God was your constant companion."

-- Mother Angelica

#Struggle Quotes #Dying Quotes #Able Quotes

“O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted adversarial relationship...both in order to move the institution just that little bit away from what is was to what it could become, and also to assure at least the sense if not the reality of independence.”
“It's absolutely irrelevant what galleries and critics and people who buy your paintings think. They just don't have any possible idea of what happens to you and they're really not that interested. As a matter of fact, they hate the idea that anything really happens to you. They want you to be a genius and that's it.”
“The facts of life are very stubborn things.”
“According to the world standards, following the prophet may be unpopular, politically incorrect or socially unacceptable, but following the prophet is always right,”
“We escaped the last big bursting of a bubble - the dotcom bubble - with a relatively light U.S. recession. On that occasion, the world economy found its way back on track fairly quickly.”
“Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey into an adventure is largely a matter of telling yourself the right story about it, which is one thing that Lewis's child characters have learned from reading, 'the right books.”
“People are responsible for their actions, but not the fruits of their actions. Always do what you think is right, but don't worry if good does not always come from what you do.”

Source : Christopher Pike (2001). “Witch”, p.185, Simon and Schuster
“I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else'.”

Source : "Melissa McCarthy's Emotional Interview: Finding Love, Coping with Critics and Becoming a Star – Her Way". Interview with Kate Coyne, people.com. June 25, 2014.

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