Quotes of Joyce Carol Oates

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To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.

- Joyce Carol Oates

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“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ A successful marriage requires falling in love many times always with the same person. ”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

- William M. Thackery

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. ”

- Rita Mae Brown

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

“ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through selfgratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ”

- Helen Keller

“ There are no trips to your past that are free ”

- Michalopoulos Angelos

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

- Subhasis Das

“ Live a life of substance. The rest are mere fantasies. ”

- Pragnya Sahoo

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ It takes courage to be honest and to work, while others play, cheat, sponge like parasites or are idle. There is value in the work that you choose to do, and you are an innately valuable person. ”

- Zita Steele

“ Sometimes you never realize how much you like someone, until you watch them liking someone else. ”

- Unknown

“ I can't make someone stay, but I can make me stay with someone. A successful relationship needs a constant decision to remain committed. ”

- Jeffrey Alcuizar Igot

“ I’ll hold you in my heart, till I can hold you in my arms. ”

- Unknown

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ”

- Erica Jong

“ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ It's all a conundrum, isn't it— forgetting the mixed tape in the car... feeling forgotten when... so many people are thinking of us? Drinking when we should be eating... sleeping when we should be making love... thanking God above when we don't have enough? Each day is a mad rush to something irrelevant. We measure our pricelessness by our successes, which... still equals money. Life goes by so quick when each day is a mad rush to slow motion. We eat fast food so that we can go to bed on time, but, trust me, everyone wakes up too late. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley