"Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly."

-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#Life Lesson Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“I think we each have a personal sweet spot as well. It's the state of mind in which we experience the most joy and satisfaction in being ourselves. And from that place of pleasure and joy in being ourselves, energy arises to flow out into our day bringing with it the depth and resonance of our own beingness, bringing with it blessing.”
“Success is like winning the sweepstakes or getting killed in an automobile crash. It always happens to somebody else.”

Source : Allan Sherman (1965). “A gift of laughter: the autobiography of Allan Sherman”
“In February, the overcast sky isnâ€™t gloomy so much as neutral and vague. Itâ€™s a significant factor in the common experience of depression among the locals. The snow crunches under your boots and clings to your trousers, to the cuffs, and once youâ€™re inside, the snow clings to you psyche, and eventually you have to go to the doctor. The past soaks into you in this weather because the present is missing almost entirely.”

Source : Charles Baxter (2009). “The Feast of Love”, p.248, Vintage
“Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.”
“Happiness is allowing yourself to be okay with what is, rather than wishing for, and bemoaning, what is not. Obviously, what is is what is supposed to be, or it would not be. The rest is just you, arguing with life.”
“Find your passion and run with it. Anything is possible.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 11, 2012
“I think the I Am album allowed me to show fans that I'm more than just a mixtape artist, who can make music on a different platform, a bigger platform, and I think more people respect what I'm doing now.”
“I'd come out to Los Angeles for a vacation to see a friend and just fell in love with it.”

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