Quotes of J. G. Ballard

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What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.

- J. G. Ballard

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“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? ”

- Rainer Maria Rilke

“ Anything under God's control is never out of control. ”

- Charles Swindoll

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Do not let your negative thoughts have power over you because those thoughts will end up controlling your life. No one can live a positive life with a negative mind. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ If you want a future that makes you happy, if you want a world that you’re excited about, get your ass out there and earn it. ”

- Tom Bilyeu

“ We don’t really care for things that we get easily in life. Life always needs to be served hot. ”

- Subhasis Das

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ You see, when we set goals that feel safer and achievable, we are caving in to our own preconceived notions of what we are capable of. We’re not pushing past our comfort zone; we’re just settling for status quo. ”

- Ruth Soukup

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk. ”

- Robert T. Kiyosaki

“ If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was ”

- Albert Schweitzer

“ At the beginning, you need no support other than your pen and paper to write down the ideas that your brain is ready to supply you at any given time. ”

- Godspower Oparaugo

“ Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right. ”

- Becca Fitzpatrick

“ Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus! ”

- Neal A. Maxwell

“ Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ”

- Susan Ee

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ I can only think about the past, but I can always design the future. ”

- Davin Ferrigon

“ I have come from the End of the World. From the River of Dreams, through the gauntlet and the Briar and the Deep Wyld, in order to stand before you today. I have but one request—to take my place at your side. To resume my duty as your knight, and to protect you and your kingdom for as long as I draw breath. ”

- Julie Kagawa

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ Confidence is how we perceive the manifestation of truth in us. ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream and how you handle disappointment along the way. ”

- Robert Kiyosaki

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck