"I'm always trying to swim to new ground."

-- PJ Harvey

#Swim Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The most insupportable of tyrants exclaim against the exercise of arbitrary power.”
“A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.”
“I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.”
“In the gay (Catholic) community, it would seem, the maxim is: love the sin and love the sinner, but hate anyone who calls it a sin or him a sinner.”
“When you say, â€˜I have nothing to hide,â€™ youâ€™re saying, â€˜I donâ€™t care about this right.â€™ Youâ€™re saying, â€˜I donâ€™t have this right, because Iâ€™ve got to the point where I have to justify it.â€™ The way rights work is, the government has to justify its intrusion into your rights.”
“I'm not one of those professors whose office is encased floor-to-ceiling with books. By the way, I think academics do this to intimidate their visitors.”
“Write down your barrier thoughts, and then consider ways to reinterpret the situation. In the process, ask yourself questions like... What else could this situation or experience mean? Can anything good come from it? Does it present any opportunities for me? What lessons can I learn and apply to the future? Did I develop any strengths as a result?”

Source : Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.96, Penguin
“You canâ€™t run in more than one direction at a time. And you will only run in the direction you are facing. So if your heart is facing anything other than Allah, it isnâ€™t Him youâ€™re running towards.”

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