"At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it."

-- Yukio Mishima

#Journey Quotes #Discipline Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“There are four types of men in the world: lovers, opportunists, lookers-on, and imbeciles. The happiest are the imbeciles.”
“I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.”
“Our blessed Savior chose the Garden for his Oratory, and dying, for the place of his Sepulchre; and we do avouch for many weighty causes, that there are none more fit to bury our dead in than in our Gardens and Groves, where our Beds may be decked with verdant and fragrant flowers, Trees and Perennial Plants, the most natural and instructive Hieroglyphics of our expected Resurrection and Immortality.”
“You should not allow yourself the luxuries of discouragement of despair. Bounce back immediately, and welcome the adversity because it produces harder thinking and harder drive to get to the objective.”
“Of course, living in an all-glass house has its disadvantages...but you should see the birds smack it.”

Source : Gary Larson (1984). “The Far Side Gallery”, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.”
“I want to be a worshiper with that heart-desperate to be as close to my Savior as possible, and following his every move and step.”
“GIFTS is an acronym for Gratitude, Intention, Forgiveness, Triumphs, and Self-love. I believe that those are the principles we need to explore in order to discover our true gifts.”

Source : Interview with Reina Shay Broussard, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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