“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
Author: Jennifer Sien
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” – Helen Keller
“God pays for what He orders. He would not call you into His service without providing all you need to pursue your passion and purpose.” – Nick Vujicic, Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith In Action
“What drives you? What makes you excited about each day? What would you do for free just to be doing it? What would you never want to retire from doing? Is there something that you would give up everything else for all your material possessions and comforts – just to do because you feel so good doing it? If you haven’t found the work God intends for you, ask yourself these questions.” – Nick Vujicic, Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith In Action
“Learn about yourself and what makes you happy while the sailing is smooth. When the waves swell up and get rough, you have the memories of the times you were happy. You’ve been there and done that, so you know it’s possible to do it again.” – Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project
“The business of the wise man is to be happy….in whatever condition life happens to offer.” – Samuel Johnson
“Just because something is fun for someone else doesn’t make it fun for you.” – Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project
“Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self.” – Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project
“Throw a seed in the seemingly empty earth and watch life spring forth from the emptiness. Think of the creative artist. She knows that for all her searching, concentrating, and disciplined effort, the really exciting breakthroughs will come as inspirations from the emptiness.” – Laurence Boldt, Zen and the Art of Making a Living
“As you go through life, Falk, there will be no shortage of people who will tell you how to live. They’ll have all the answers for you, what you should do, what you shouldn’t do. Don’t argue with them. You know, say “Yes, that’s a brilliant, brilliant idea,” and then do what you want. And whenever you’re right, strive for originality. But if you have to steal, steal from the best. Oh, oh, and if you take very good care of your styptic pencil and dry it after every shave, it will last longer than most relationships that you’re in.” – Anything Else, 2003
In God's Perfect Time 