Quotes of H. L. Mencken

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Hope: A pathological belief in the occurrence of the impossible.

- H. L. Mencken

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“ In this world, it is too common for people to search for someone to lose themselves in. But I am already lost. I will look for someone to find myself in. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency. ”

- Shah Asad Rizvi

“ Ladies, it’s harvest time!!! Take care of your crops, water them and weed them out. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Could you exist just for the art of existence? ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution. ”

- Ram Dass

“ 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

“ Every man is a boyfriend. But some people do not have the ability to become husbands. ”

- Sajal Ahmed

“ Bagiku ada sesuatu yang paling berharga dan hakiki dalam kehidupan: 'dapat mencintai, dapat iba hati, dapat merasai kedukaan'. Tanpa itu semua maka kita tidak lebih dari benda. Berbahagialah orang yang masih mempunyai rasa cinta, yang belum sampai kehilangan benda yang paling bernilai itu. Kalau kita telah kehilangan itu maka absurdlah hidup kita. ”

- Soe Hok Gie

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it! ”

- C. JoyBell C.

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

- Michalopoulos Angelos

“ You are attracted to the love you didn't receive as a child ”

- Jodi Ann Quarrie

“ You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. ”

- William Shakespeare

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

- e.e. cummings

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ No matter what you do in life, make sure your juniors are learning something good from you. ”

- Parul Prashar

“ I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.. ”

- Thoreau

“ Battered was my heart in the deep search, branded with cracks like slices of silver birch. An ignorant dream, a wish, just fool's gold that was the tale that love had sold. ”

- Sara Secora

“ Our great human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain. ”

- Tom Robbins