"To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle and incentive of virtue; but to be ambitious of titles, place, ceremonial respects, and civil pageantry, is as vain and little as the things are which we court"

-- Philip Sidney

#Inspirational Quotes #Real Quotes #Ambition Quotes

“Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.”
“If children are not permitted-not taught-to be adventurers and explorers as children, what will become of the world...?”

Source : "Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son". Book by Michael Chabon, September 29, 2009.
“I don't have any bad habits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they're all right for me.”
“Grief is not just a series of events, stages, or timelines. Our society places enormous pressure on us to get over loss, to get through grief. But how long do you grieve for a husband of fifty years, a teenager killed in a car accident, a four-year-old child: a year? Five years? Forever? The loss happens in time, in fact in a moment, but its aftermath lasts a lifetime.”
“Let people do what they need to do to make them happy. Mind your own business, and do what you need to do to make you happy.”
“If you could do something that would make people happy, and it would cost you neither money nor time, would you do it? If that same thing made you happy, would you do it? What is this magical thing that will brighten your day and the days of people around you and yet cost you nothing? A smile.”
“Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.”
“Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs.”

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