Quotes of Samuel Butler

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He that will win his dame must do As love does when he draws his bow; With one hand thrust the lady from, And with the other pull her home.

- Samuel Butler

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“ 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

“ The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness, and freedom of each sentient being to sing the song of their heart. ”

- Amit Ray

“ Tomorrow I will run more courageously, more outrageously. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. ”

- Wanda E. Brunstetter

“ A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change it. ”

- Unknown

“ Where you go, I shall go; where you die, I shall die, and there will I be buried. ”

- Rosamund Hodge

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

- Amit Ray

“ At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ”

- Plato

“ The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. ”

- Tom Robbins

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

- William M. Thackery

“ 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

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. ”

- John Atkinson

“ Everyday of your life is a another lesson. If you learn the lesson well and apply it; whether positive or negative, you determine what happens in your tomorrow. ”

- David Kofi Awusi

“ The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm. ”

- Malcolm Forbes

“ 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

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ 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

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

- Mother Teresa

“ Mistakes are not bad; excuses are. ”

- Udai Yadla

“ I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox

“ Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ”

- Steve Backley