"The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy to pursue those steps. It is a primal motivating force, and its absence is paralyzing."

-- Daniel Goleman

#Cousin Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Goal Quotes

“I'm not saying I'm not a moody guy sometimes, but I think I have a pretty normal balance.”
“On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is -- can you win or lose like a man?”
“It's the first time I've been cold for seven years. I was never cold playing rugby league.”
“For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.”
“Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.”
“Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like her thoughts were flashing before his eyes. Finally Brett managed to pull away without consent of Bekka's lips. The confusion created a sloppy bite-a-juicy-peach sound. Everyone cringed.”
“For the bookish, London is a book. For criminals, a map of opportunities. For unpapered immigrants, it is a nest of skinned eyes; sanctioned gunmen ready to blow your head off as you run for a train. When the city of distorting mirrors revealed itself, through its districts and discriminations, I discovered more about London's past as a reworking of my own submerged history.”

Source : Iain Sinclair (2007). “London: City of Disappearances”, Penguin Global
“I try to maintain a positive attitude at all times, because clients notice little things like that, and if you're frowning and crying all the time and saying "why? why?", they get worried.”

Source : John Swartzwelder (2004). “The Time Machine Did It”

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