Quotes of James Baldwin

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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.

- James Baldwin

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“ Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ”

- Steve Backley

“ Being positive in life it does not mean everything is going the way you want it, but it also means that when things don’t go right or your way. Then you believe ,hope and pray that they will be right and go your way. Not only that but you are making plans, decisions ,effort and action in making sure they turn right and your way. ”

- De philosopher DJ Kyos

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

- William M. Thackery

“ You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ 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

“ 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

“ Often, we fabricate the people we love to make loving them more palatable; the fictionalized version of them reduces the awareness of truth. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ It's all a conundrum, isn't it— forgetting the mixed tape in the car... feeling forgotten when... so many people are thinking of us? Drinking when we should be eating... sleeping when we should be making love... thanking God above when we don't have enough? Each day is a mad rush to something irrelevant. We measure our pricelessness by our successes, which... still equals money. Life goes by so quick when each day is a mad rush to slow motion. We eat fast food so that we can go to bed on time, but, trust me, everyone wakes up too late. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

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

- Henry David Thoreau

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ sometimes the unknown is better for all involved ”

- Azelene Williams

“ May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. ”

- Thomas S. Monson

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

- Shah Asad Rizvi

“ Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right. ”

- Becca Fitzpatrick

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

- Émile Zola

“ I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ So don't you worry your pretty little mind because people throw rocks at things that shine. [Ours] ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

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

- Dr. Seuss

“ Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ We werent exactly lovers yet, But we were a little more then friends. We just kept meeting at the wrong time, but our connection never ends. ”

- Nikki Rowe