The Death Of Desire

The fear of failure is much more stimulating than the reward of success.

The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth.
We know the truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose.
( Ralph Waldo Emerson )

Other planets might not be able to support life, but this one isn’t exactly finding it easy.

We can’t always change people, so don’t drive yourself crazy trying.
Instead just change how you deal with them, or just stay away from them.

Never take a step backwards.
Not even to gain momentum.

We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth and to assimilate it from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign peoples.
For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself.
It never cheapens or debases him who reaches for it but ennobles and honours him.
( Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi )

When you don’t know what you’re talking about, it’s hard to know when you’re finished.

The key to successful ageing is to pay as little attention to it as possible.

We are like roses that have never bothered to bloom when we should have bloomed and it is as if the sun has become disgusted with waiting.
( Charles Bukowski )

You can’t change the people around you, but you can change the people you choose to be around.

The truth.. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution. 
( J.K. Rowling )

You have to be first, different, or great.
If you’re one of them, you may make it.

Some people would rather not hear the truth because it may destroy their delusions.

Courage isn’t about not being afraid, it’s about understanding that something else is more important than being afraid.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
( Francois de La Rochefoucauld )

Don’t tell your problems to people.
80% don’t care and the other 20% are glad you have them.

Whenever you fall, pick up something.

We cannot always persuade someone that their behaviour is wrong, but we must never underestimate the power of planting a seed.

Everybody hates a lie but nobody wants to hear the truth.
( Anurag Bhatt )

The black sheep of the family is often just the one who sees through everyone else’s bullshit.

Fame was once seen as recognition of your accomplishments in the world.
Now it just means being recognised.

Truth is not always a virtue when it is pursued for its own sake or, worse, simply to make its teller feel morally superior.
( Josh Sundquist )

Why not declare DIY illegal, close all the DIY stores and give work back to joiners, decorators, electricians, plumbers and gardeners etc?
Hospital admissions would tumble, apprenticeships return, and husbands would be able to do what they did when men were men.
Put their feet up and pay professionals to do the work, without feeling any guilt about their own incompetence or sloth.

From the very depth of my being, I challenge the right of any man or any group of men, in business or in government, to tell a fellow human being he or she is expendable.
( Jimmy Reid )

God loves you just the way you are.
But He loves you too much to let you stay that way.

There will be opportunities that pass you by and may seem unfair.
How you handle these moments that seem unfair will make you the person you become.

Now this is not the end.
It is not even the beginning of the end.
It is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
( Winston Churchill )

In times of tyranny and injustice when law oppresses the people, the outlaw takes his place in history.

Count your blessings and always look for the positive in every situation.
Understand that many things are out of your control.
Always make the most of what you have.

The truth was always the truth, but until I knew the truth for myself, I couldn’t be free. 
( Shelley Hendrix )

Dreams are fragile wisps of hope hidden in our soul.
When storms of life blow over us, our dreams will still be there.

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be like other people.

Keep a sense of humour, especially about yourself.
It is a strength beyond all measure.
( Dan Millman )

Obstinacy and heat of opinion are the surest proof of stupidity.

There are two kinds of people in the world.
Givers and takers.
The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

It’s okay to believe yourself better than the rest of the planet, so long as you keep it to yourself.
( Bisco Hatori )

Real character is to be found in the person who humbly takes insults and walks away.

If your world doesn’t allow you to dream, move to one where you can.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
( Marcus Aurelius )

No really great man ever thought himself so.

Learn to enjoy your own company.
You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.

Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under.
( C. JoyBell C. )

Present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good.

Every single person who’s breathing on this planet can do something.
We all have a talent.
You just have to find where an individual’s strengths lie.

One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood.
( Agatha Christie )

Do not do to others which you would not have done to yourself.

My life is so much more interesting inside my head.

Those who think there is a time limit to grieve have never lost a piece of their heart.

When life’s problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with.
You may consider yourself fortunate.
( Ann Landers )

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

In life, you may fall out with people you never thought you would.
You may get betrayed by people you trusted with all your heart.
And you may get used by people you would do anything for.

You cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you also understand the most amusing.
( Winston Churchill )

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

We can be as honest as we are ignorant.
If we are, then when we are asked how the universe was formed and how life was created, we must say we do not know.

Focus on making yourself better, not on thinking that you are better.
( Bohdi Sanders )

Keep moving if you love life, and keep your troubles well behind you.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.

Let’s not forget that we are always just one decision away from a totally different life.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
( Winston Churchill )

By the errors of others, he that is wise learns to take heed and beware.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror.
Victory however long and hard the road may be.
For without victory there is no survival.
( Winston Churchill )

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue.
To the end we should hear and see more than we speak.

Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
( Winston Churchill )

It is a great victory that comes without blood.

I am ready to meet my maker.
Whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
( Winston Churchill )

One of the good things about getting older is you find you’re more interesting than most people you meet.

There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
That is Curiosity.
There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others.
That is Vanity.
There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve.
That is Love.
( Bernard of Clairvaux )

All endings are also beginnings.
We just don’t know it at the time.

Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

High sentiments always win in the end.
The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time.
When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
( George Orwell )