Quotes of Colin Powell

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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

- Colin Powell

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“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

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

- William M. Thackery

“ Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow. ”

- J. M. Barrie

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ There will be tough workouts when the athlete has to really dig deep, believe, and not give up when the pain seems too much. The athlete can respond in one of two ways: Yield to the pain and selfdoubt or decide that fear will not determine his or her potential. It's hard (and usually uncomfortable) work breaking through old barriers and selfdefeating thought patterns to see meaningful progress, and fear is an absolutely natural response, but you can't let it become a limiter. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense. ”

- e.e. cummings

“ Love alone could waken love. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ I miss everything about you Can’t believe that I still want you And after all the things we’ve been through. ”

- Colbie Caillat

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ No,' Nora said, almost in a whisper. 'It's because ' she looked carefully for the words 'you didn't stare at me. I saw you blush, and you immediately lowered your eyes. And I should have been embarrassed, ashamed... but I, I just felt safe, and I stood there unafraid.' She closed her eyes, taking in all the feelings of gratitude she had for that moment. 'That's when I knew I could trust you in a way that I didn't know was possible. ”

- Hani Selim

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ 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

“ I don't think you can define love. ”

- Harry Styles

“ Gratitude is not love. Don’t mix the two because they are not the same. ”

- Frank Matobo

“ And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined so that they could never be separated anymore. ”

- Rosemary Sutcliff

“ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ”

- Dr. Seuss

“ Sometimes the hardest one to see . . .is the one standing right before you. ”

- Lenora Porch

“ Be Brave, Be Bold! Never allow fear to dictate your choices. Use your VOICE & trust in your abilities. ”

- Rosalie Bardo

“ 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