"To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them."

-- Hugh Prather

#Frustration Quotes #Rewards Quotes #Mindfulness Quotes

“An expert gives an objective view. He gives his own view.”

Source : Morarji Desai's speech at the 19th World Vegetarian Congress held at Mavhmkar Auditorium of Rafi Marg in New Delhi, India (November 18, 1967), later published in The British Vegetarian, March/April 1968.
“Harvey Publications hired me as a letterer, and they found out six seconds after I got the job that I couldn't letter. I still can't letter. So, they hired me to draw.”

Source : "The Trouble With Drawing Dick Cheney". Interview with Julia Turner, www.slate.com. September 10, 2006.
“And when pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentors what he wants so that the hurting will stop. And when there is no torturer to placate, no hooded man with hot irons and tongs, just a burn you can't escape, we bargain with God, or ourselves, depending on the size of our egos.”
“When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.”

Source : Kaye Gibbons (2012). “Ellen Foster”, p.1, Algonquin Books
“Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ... or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal one chooses to take for a walk? I have a liking for lobsters. They are peaceful, serious creatures. ... Goethe had an aversion to dogs, and he wasn't mad. They know the secrets of the sea, they don't bark.”

Source : "Lobsters and Lies" by Madeleine Schwartz, www.newyorker.com. August 19, 2011.
“A deity who remains silent and invisible should not get angry or surprised at doubt of his reality.”
“Bigger women have more fat to live on. They can put out more effort.”
“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.”

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