Quotes of James Stephens

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Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

- James Stephens

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

- Malcolm Forbes

“ When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ”

- Unknown

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ Rise as a human being live as a legend work as a Messiah and you shall see the bright glorious change all around you. ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ Don’t marry him. Don’t be with him. Be with me. ”

- Jenny Han

“ Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones? ”

- Elizabeth Scott

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ 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

“ I was watching the first raindrops falling down on the porous ground. Each drop disappeared eagerly into the sand without any hesitations. The Earth, in turn, embraced it warmly like it has gotten back something precious that once belonged to it. I, somehow, thought that this particular image suited more our story than anything else ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. ”

- Joyce Brothers

“ Do you have to make me feel like there's nothing left of me? You can take everything I have, you can break everything I am, like I am made of glass, like I am made of paper.Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground like a Skyscraper... ”

- Demi Lovato

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ A blooming relationship even if it’s someone else’s, makes me so happy and reinstates my faith in love... ”

- Nitya Prakash

“ That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ 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

“ sometimes the unknown is better for all involved ”

- Azelene Williams

“ I hope she'll be a fool that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. ”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

“ The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our heart and clarity in our mind. We are awake. If we keep trying to understand, we will understand. If we keep telling ourselves that we are loved by Life and if we keep looking for evidence of that love, we will find it. ”

- Donna Goddard