"If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense."

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Source : Holly Lisle (1992). “Fire in the Mist”, Baen Books

Holly Lisle

#Positive Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Forever Quotes

“I decide every day that I love Creativity enough to accept that Fear will always come with it. And I talk to Fear all the time, speaking to it with love and respect, saying to it: â€œI know that you are Fear, and that your job is to be afraid. And you do your job really well! I will never ask you to leave me alone or to be silent, because you have a right to speak your own voice, and I know that you will never leave me alone or be silent, anyhow. But I need you to understand that I will always choose Creativity over you.”
“Necessity, mother of invention.”

Source : William Wycherley (1731). “Plays Written by Mr. William Wycherley: Containing The Plain Dealer, The Country Wife, Gentleman Dancing Master, Love in a Wood...”, p.403
“Rule number one is, make sure that you face the person with hearing loss when you are speaking to them.”

Source : "Interview with Marion Ross, Mrs. Cunningham from Happy Days". Interview with Paul Dybala, www.audiologyonline.com. February 27, 2006.
“I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own values, and our own interests.”
“You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.”
“The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.”
“... talk, not sex, constitutes most of the intercourse between a man and his wife.”

Source : Herman Wouk (1986). “Winds of War”, Pocket
“In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.”

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