"Whatever comes to us in life we create first in our mentality. As the building is a reality in all its details in the architects mind before a stone or brick is laid, so we create mentally everything which later becomes a reality in our achievement."

-- Orison Swett Marden

#Reality Quotes #Achievement Quotes #Mind Quotes

“It is a time of darkness, of faith. We shall not see Christ's radiance in our lives yet; it is still hidden in our darkness; nevertheless, we must believe that He is growing in our lives; we must believe it so firmly that we cannot help relating everything, literally everything, to this almost incredible reality.”

Source : Caryll Houselander, Thomas Hoffman (2000). “A Child in Winter: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany with Caryll Houselander”, p.3, Rowman & Littlefield
“Your average comedian doesn't know the podcast universe, really.”
“I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.”

Source : YouTube Chanel "AbecedariusRex"/ "Golding's Introduction to Lord of the Flies", www.youtube.com. May 22, 2010.
“I'm not especially interested in the job of the historian or journalist of trying to figure out what was true and what was not.”
“An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not worth having and a society whose ideas are never explored for possible error may eventually find its foundations insecure.”

Source : Mark Van Doren (1954*). “Man's right to knowledge and the free use thereof”
“I think you gotta have balls to be an Avenged fan sometimes. A lot of our fans get hated on just as much as us. To me Avenged fans aren't just fans of a band, they are fans of everything that surrounds it, like a life style. We live it, you live it. You go to the shows and you can feel it. It's a great experience and people that aren't involved will never understand. So they can stand on the side lines and talk, but we will continue to do just what makes us happy.”
“There were five others before they got to him. He smiled a little when his turn came. His voice was low, smoky, and dead sexy. â€œMy name is Augustus Waters,â€ he said. â€œIâ€™m seventeen. I had a little touch of osteosarcoma a year and a half ago, but Iâ€™m just here today at Isaacâ€™s request.â€ â€œAnd how are you feeling?â€ asked Patrick. â€œOh, Iâ€™m grand.â€ Augustus Waters smiled with a corner of his mouth. â€œIâ€™m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.”
“Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.”

Source : Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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