"A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live."

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Thomas Merton

#Life Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Men Quotes

“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.”

Source : Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949)
“The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped off in chapter five to show what a rotter the villain is without anyone minding too much.”

Source : Sarah Caudwell (2009). “The Sirens Sang of Murder”, p.180, Dell
“God's children improve all advantages to advance their grand end; they labour to grow better by blessings and crosses, and to make sanctified use of all things.”
“I've learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we'll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it.”
“A lot of the challenge and the reason for the success of those one-shot photographers is that their pictures almost have to be subject proof. Because you usually only have a few minutes with the person. You never know who's going to walk into the room - whether they're going to be friendly, grumpy, sick of photographers, or between meetings.”

Source : Source: aphotoeditor.com
“Our universities should produce good criticism; they do not or, at best, they do so only as federal prisons produce counterfeit money: a few hardened prisoners are more or less surreptitiously continuing their real vocations.”
“People say, "How would you like to be remembered?" I don't want to be remembered. Gimme a break. What I want is to hear what's great about me now. Let me hear it! In the box you don't hear these eulogies.”
“A girl who is interested in becoming a model must first accept the fact that she is the product. She must be ready to deal with a lot of rejection.”

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