Quotes of Lisa Alther

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Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

- Lisa Alther

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“ Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. ”

- Harold Geneen

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

- Ernest Shackleton

“ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ”

- Dr. Seuss

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ 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

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

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

- Tom Robbins

“ I will be generous with my love today. I will sprinkle compliments and uplifting words everywhere I go. I will do this knowing that my words are like seeds and when they fall on fertile soil, a reflection of those seeds will grow into something greater. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made. ”

- Tyler Kent White

“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

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

- William M. Thackery

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ ?Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ”

- Voltaire

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

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ The human tendency is to resemble or imitate those we admire; the common result is the delusion, that to emulate another’s personality creates a pseudo persona, measurably dissimilar from our own. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ I love you and it’s getting worse. ”

- Joseph E. Morris