"What is hard work? It takes strength, energy, and stress to truly care about others enough to place oneself last, but it is easy to wrap oneself up and selfishly scramble on the heads of others."

-- Criss Jami

#Stress Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Energy Quotes

“I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision. . . is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive.”

Source : Barbara Deming (1984). “We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader”
“There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It's a very special week, and being able to wear that green jacket. It's made my whole career. It's special.”
“It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.”

Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.311, LSU Press
“Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Leave your hopes and fears. Leave your children in the woods. Leave the substance for the shadow. Leave your easy life, leave what you are given for the future. Set off on the roads.”
“My sister, my mother and I are great friends. We have always valued our immediate family immensely, something we learned from my father.”
“I like to see what happens to people when they're thrown into really crappy situations. I think it's really interesting to watch what decisions they make, how they deal with the feelings they have.”
“It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.”
“A good marriage is loving someone in a lot of different circumstances. Respect for them and their views and ideas and the life that they're leading with you. Shared values and interests. A good sense of humour. And a little volatility along the way.”

You may also like: