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motivational evil force
Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards. Charles W. Chesnutt
motivational determination order
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. Charles Dickens
motivational things-in-life wish
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
motivational best-friend friendship
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. Charles Caleb Colton
motivation joy novelty
Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life. Charles Stross
motivational strength fear
It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. Charles Spurgeon
motivation flower inspiration
If our faith can live without God, it is not divinely created. If God had begotten it, it would wait upon Him as the flowers wait upon the dew.
motivational trials teach
Trials teach us what we are.
motivational memories real
The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more real than the present. Alan Watts
book writing long
My theory about writing is that one should write books you'd like to read, but no one else has written yet. So, as long as I stick with that, I'm entertaining myself, and then hopefully my readers as well. I hope to god I realize that I'm repeating myself, if I ever do. But if I don't, I'm sure my readers will let me know. Charles de Lint
book writing want
I don't actually talk about my books much, because I find if I talk about them I don't want to write them anymore. I write to find out what happens. You know how you read a book? That's what I'm doing except I'm just doing it a lot slower because it takes a lot longer to do.
book writing seven
I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I can't do that with my books. If I could, I probably wouldn't write them.
book writing differences
To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists are teens. The difference is in the readers.
book night cities
I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night's dinner or easily see a band. But I also like the wild places, especially hiking in the desert and the Eastern woodlands. Do I have to choose?
book biblical world
The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world.
book beer words-of-wisdom
No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.
book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking.
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
inspiration ideas desire
I have found that great ideas come when you have a great desire to have them. Charlie Chaplin
inspirational motivational success
Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat.
inspirational mean imagination
Imagination means nothing without doing.
inspirational character men
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
inspirational happiness pain
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
inspirational relationship bullying
My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.
inspirational patient disability
Strokes are preventable and treatable. Prompt treatment of patients experiencing stroke saves lives and reduces disability. Charles W. Pickering
inspirational life speech
There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called on to make one. Charles Dudley Warner
inspirational funny thinking
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself. Charles de Gaulle