Quotes of Ambrose Bierce

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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

- Ambrose Bierce

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“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase. ”

- Martin Luther King

“ At the beginning, you need no support other than your pen and paper to write down the ideas that your brain is ready to supply you at any given time. ”

- Godspower Oparaugo

“ 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

“ 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

“ Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially ”

- Veronica Roth

“ If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ 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

“ Sometimes, change is what we need to retain our sanity. ”

- Life

“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ Before, I wanted to say: "I found love!" But now, I want to say: "I found a person. And he belongs to me and I belong to him. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Love is the beauty of the soul. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ The road to success is always under construction. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body. ”

- Lady Gaga

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ A heart filled with anger has no room for love. ”

- Joan Lunden

“ When love comes like that, all you can do is surrender, to lay down your arms and submit to the will of those who would love you. For in denying it, you face only regret. ”

- Michael Kilman

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

- Victor Frankl

“ 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

“ Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it comes to someone you love, you’ll find there isn’t anything you won’t do. ”

- Richelle Mead

“ The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ”

- Émile Zola

“ Life is a game and true love is a trophy. ”

- Rufus Wainwright

“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ The desires of man are frequently more influential than their rational thought. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ And, in the end… The love you take is equal to the love you make. ”

- Paul McCartney