"Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built."

-- Richard Ford

#Rewards Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Building Quotes

“The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost.”
“Strong leaders encourage you to do things for your own benefit, not just theirs.”
“Suffering begins when you mentally label a situation as bad.Â That causes an emotional contraction.Â When you let it be, without naming it, enormous power is available to you.Â The contraction cuts you off from that power, the power of life itself.”
“Iâ€™m an entrepreneur at heart. Iâ€™m not afraid of starting up, starting over or even failing for that matter, because the fact that I try new things in itself is a victory.”
“The great tabloids were always driven by a sense of outrage, a sense of righteous indignation...and had this sensibility of, like, there are people out there that are trying to screw you - and we're going expose them for it.”
“Take time as it comes, the wind as it blows, woman as she is.”

Source : Alfred de Musset (2012). “The Confession of a Child of the Century”, p.50, tredition
“It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”

Source : Chester A. Arthur (2006). “State of the Union Addresses”, p.28, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I think that you hear more opposition to the government in Venezuela than you would here in the United States. That's in the TV, in the radio and in the print media.”

Source : "Tucker" with Tucker Carlson, www.nbcnews.com. May 29, 2007.

You may also like:

Ernest Hemingway
Author
John Cheever
Novelist
John Updike
Novelist
Michael Chabon
Author
Philip Roth
Novelist
Raymond Carver
Writer
Richard Russo
Novelist
Richard Yates
Novelist
Tobias Wolff
Author