"Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the emotion and the actual condition of their own heart, others will listen because we all are knit together by the tie of sympathy."

-- Thomas Carlyle

#Moving Quotes #Heart Quotes #Ties Quotes

“We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.”
“The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs.”
“Get the heat and emotion out worry, and put cold, ruthless scrutiny onto the problem, and worry loses its power. When we are worried and filled with apprehension, we become panicky and are likely to see only gloom and failure. There isn't any situation so bad that it won't become a lot better when you think rationally - and spiritually - about it. God gives you the ability to think rationally about things by filling you with peace and faith.”
“But there was only one kiss that made me feel something stir deep inside. Only one that made me want more. But my head wound started bleeding and he made me lie down.”
“Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.”
“The wars of kings were over; the wars of peoples had begun.”
“I like the idea of not everything happening between two human beings to be everyone's property.”
“I don't want to think too much about me.”

Source : "Andrea Arnold: 'I don't do easy rides'" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2011.

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