"Its hardness and solidity had been an odd kind of comfort. Do not wish for anything. Be and endure. The Old African had learned that enduring was power too, and just as he had been drawn to the boulder, so the slaves, after a while, were drawn to him."
Julius Lester
Inspiration
I thought you were the loveliest, most enchanting creature God ever created.
Judith McNaught
"Emotional maturity is the ability to stick to a job and to struggle through until it is finished to endure unpleasantness discomfort and frustration."
Edward A. Strecker
"When I look back to where I come from, I realize it's for a good reason that God changed my life."
Anonymous
"I am a practical girl, and a life is only so long. It should be spent in as much peace and good eating and good reading as possible and no undue excitement. That is all I am after."
Anonymous
Inspiration
Actors and actresses make magic,' I said. 'They make things happen on the stage; they invent; they create.
Author
Inspiration
I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.
Author
"I think I'd rather be heading to detention right now than to talk to him. My stomach is tied up in so many knots it could make a boy scout envious."
Unknown
Inspiration
Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
Author
"The sun had begun its descent toward the horizon, and the sounds of the carnival played like a familiar song behind me."
Amanda Hocking
Inspiration
Fame is a bee.It has a song -It has a sting -Ah, too, it has a wing.
Emily Dickinson
"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."
Eric Hoffer