Quotes of John Updike

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America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

- John Updike

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“ Don't be pushed by your problems;be led by your dreams. Believe in you. ”

- Vasso Charalambous

“ When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. ”

- Earl Nightingale

“ I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Be supportive of others the way you would want them to be supportive of you. ”

- Ken Poirot

“ My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be... Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon... Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity. ”

- Ezra

“ Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy ”

- Amit Ray

“ Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something. ”

- Rainbow Rowell

“ Some people are not capable of loving you the way you need to be loved It might be wise to just wish them well and take care of yourself. ”

- Charles E Hudson

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ 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

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

- Mark Twain

“ I marinate my life in gratitude, creativity and love. What about you? ”

- Francis Shenstone

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ Love thy neighbor — and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. ”

- Mae West

“ Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ 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

“ You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ”

- Steve Maraboli