Is it really sick for me to be happy right now?" I asked. My voice broke twice. He didn't push me away. He pulled me tight against his ice-hard chest, so tight it was hard to breathe, even with my lungs securely intact. "I know exactly what you mean," he whispered. "But we have lot of reasons to be happy. For one, we're alive. " "Yes," I agreed. "That's a good one. " "And together," he breathed. His breath was so sweet it made my head swim.
Is it a democratic society that condemns people to the accident of conception? What are we-monkeys? If you expect people to be responsible for their children, you have to give them the right to choose whether or not to have children. What are you people thinking of? You're not only crazy! You're ogres!
Being Mormon is a big part of who I am, and I try very hard to live the right way, but I don't know that I'm an example. I hate to say, 'Yes, look at me. I'm a good example of being Mormon. ' I want to be the best person I can be, so in that aspect, maybe I'm a good example.
To go wrong in one's own way is better then to go right in someone else's.
The paralysis that we have right now when we think about migration is partly because we can't imagine what the world would look like in the future. So I think it's important for writers and artists to try to imagine that.
Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often.
Rydstrom: "To get it right this time. "
I've discovered that sometimes God wants us to live inside of the questions. Sometimes he wants us to linger in the waiting, hoping, praying. In fact, sometimes it's right in the middle of our darkness in the middle of our crisis, in the middle of our Plan B struggles that God speaks most clearly.
Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.
A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.
Many die too late, and some die too early. Yet strangers soundeth the precept: "Die at the right time!"
We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.
If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.
Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it's probably right.
When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.
By celebrating what's right with the world, we find the energy to fix what's wrong.
I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away.
If you're behind the times, they won't notice you. If you're right in tune with them, you're no better than they are, so they won't care much for you. Be just a little ahead of them.
As we grow in higher consciousness, we discover that it is more important to be the right person then to find the right person.
Today, neither Left nor Right can find their footing.