Quotes of Anne Lamott

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Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life…

- Anne Lamott

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“ 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

“ How can I put the Auras back in the chest?” I asked, terror boiling inside my stomach. “You can’t. Not if those that were or will be struck by them won’t be eager to express their feelings and let you help them. You do not change people, dearie. It’s the people that change themselves. You’re the Guardian, but they’re the bearers,” the Oracle whispered. “I’m no Guardian. I’m doomed!” I said and I knew that this was true. ”

- Victoria Moschou

“ Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ”

- Pablo Picasso

“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. ”

- Haruki Murakami

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ 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

“ If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. ”

- Walt Disney

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. ”

- Victor Frankl

“ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ sometimes the unknown is better for all involved ”

- Azelene Williams

“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem

“ Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. ”

- Evanescence

“ I do not write feelings, emotions I do not write after that day, about love anything I do not write my silence scream somewhere inside me there are my bloody wounds on paper words I do not write ”

- Mohammed Zaki Ansari

“ Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ Woman is a delicate creature with strong emotions who has been created by the Almighty God to shoulder responsibility for educating society and moving toward perfection. God created woman as symbol of His own beauty and to give solace to her partner and her family. ”

- Ali Ibn Abi Talib A.S

“ and then I look deep into your eyes and we melt into each other and enjoy that melting, like those things that belong together... (fragment from Passion beneath, chapter Passion) ”

- Claudia Pavel

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

- Pragnya Sahoo

“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ There’s only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it’s all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, ‘I love you.’ ”

- K. Flay

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett