"There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it."

-- Ovid

#Worry Quotes #Anxiety Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning.”
“In the upshot there is only one answer for the preacher who wonders whether he is worthy to preach the sermon he has composed or for the writer who wonders whether he is worthy to write the religious book he is working on. The answer is: Of course not. To ask yourself: Am I worthy to perform this Christian task? is really the peak of pride and presumption. For the very question carries the implication that we spend most of our time doing things we are worthy to do. We simply do not have that kind of worth.”
“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way..”

Source : Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.262, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Last week a former Royal Marine who is the boyfriend of the model Kelly Brooks crashed into a bus stop while driving a van carrying a load of dead badgers. I mention this solely to remind you that linguists are not kidding when they say â€¦ that your command of English enables you to understand sentences that have never occurred before in the entire history of the human species.”
“Praise the name of baseball. The word will set captives free. The word will open the eyes of the blind. The word will raise the dead. Have you the word of baseball living inside you? Has the word of baseball become part of you? Do you live it, play it, digest it, forever? Let an old man tell you to make the word of baseball your life. Walk into the world and speak of baseball. Let the word flow through you like water, so that it may quicken the thirst of your fellow man.”
“I've become more like water, I'm more relaxed and I'll say, "Okay, let's just completely change it and do it that way."”
“I have been practising since I was 4 or 5 years old, but that wasn't really practice. I was just having fun.... I just loved to play hockey.”
“Diaper backward spells repaid. Think about it.”

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