Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
Claim ownership of your dreams
The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.
Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.
Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you'll be surprised at where you might get to.
Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.
Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is inside you no one can take from you or tarnish. This is your worth, who you really are, your degree that can go with you wherever you go, that you bring with you the moment you come into a room, that can't be manipulated or shaken. Without that sense of self, no amount of paper, no pedigree, and no credentials can make you legit. No matter what, you have to feel legit inside first.
That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.
She spotted a lone dandelion,and it crossed her mind that a younger Luce would have pounced on it and then made a wish and blown. But this Luce's wishes felt too heavy for something so light.
The first year I was sober was probably the worst year of my life. My immune system was screwed. I completely isolated myself. I was weak all the time. I didn't know who I was.
My first love is MMA. . . it's something that I did because it made me feel good.