"But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here..."

-- Wally Lamb

#Thinking Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.”
“Even though sometimes you feel like you're hand cuffed you're really not because it really takes skill to play the music properly.”
“First and foremost, I've realized that I've been snowboarding for many years, and the biggest high that I get is when I really cut myself off from society, to really know the mountain. The high that I get from hiking up these mountains is a much bigger challenge than taking a helicopter to the top. I have to put more into it, but I get a lot more excitement out of it.”
“in the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a real trend in the kind of books bill gives me to read. and just like the tape of songs, it is amazing to hold each of them in the palm of my hand. they are all my favorites. all of them.”
“Scientists have shown that because positive and open mindsets produce exploration and experiential learning, they also come to produce more-accurate mental maps of the world.”

Source : Barbara Fredrickson (2009). “Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life”, p.23, Harmony
“Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure; the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey.”

Source : Jennifer James (1986). “Success Is the Quality of Your Journey”, William Morrow Paperbacks
“I'm bangin' from Belize to Tel Aviv on the Red Sea Racin' Saddam Hussein on Kawasaki jet ski's”

Source : Song: Rasassanation, Album: Rasassination, 1998
“But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.”

Source : "To His Coy Mistress" l. 31 (1681)

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