"Trust is rebuilt by focusing not on what the other person did or did not do but on critiquing one's own behavior, improving one's trustworthiness, and focusing attention not on words and promises but on actions, attitudes, and ways of being."

-- Kenneth Cloke

#Attitude Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Promise Quotes

“By imitating the manners and the mode of life of the West,the Muslims are being gradually forced to adopt the Western moral outlook: for the imitation of outward appearance leads,by degrees, to a corresponding assimilation of the world-view responsible for that appearance.”

Source : "Islam at the Crossroads" by Muhammad Asad, Dar Al-Andalus, (p. 70), 1982.
“I'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you." He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a wild boar. You can't shoot women.”

Source : Maya Banks (2011). “Hidden Away”, p.51, Penguin
“I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creative faculty such as great poets and philosophers conspicuously possess, and equally in the creative chessmaster.”
“There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.”
“I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.”

Source : j.d. salinger (1961). “franny and zooey”
“I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.”

Source : "Interview: ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ co-star J. August Richards talks Deathlok". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. April 29, 2014.
“I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work.”
“A teenage girl lay asleep on the sofa, curled up under a red-and-black knitted afghan. She was on her side, with one slender arm cradling a throw cushion nestled under her head. Long wavy blond hair spread across her back and her shoulders like a cape. Even though she was sleeping, Alex could see how pretty she was, with her delicate, almost elfin features. He stood in the doorway, watching the soft rise and fall of her chest.”

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