June 2012
128 posts
"We have of late, we Americans, to our detriment, come to love accolades more than genuine achievement."
-David McCullough Jr.
“True friendship isn’t about being there when it’s convenient; it’s about being there when it’s not.”
—Oscar Wilde (via quotifuls)
“We need a coat with two pockets. In one pocket there is dust, and in the other pocket there is gold. We need a coat with two pockets to remind us who we are.”
― Parker J. Palmer
“Everyone has a wound they are trying to heal whether they realize it or not.”
— Unknown (via jesskuo)
“A desire not to butt into other people’s business is eighty percent of all human wisdom.”
—Richard A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land (via the-masochistic-anachronist)
“The point is, you need to distinguish between what honestly moves you and what the world is telling you should melt your heart. If something doesn’t reach you on a personal level, let it go. It’s hard enough dealing with everything that does.”
—Judi Culbertson (via quotes-shape-us)
“Not only does dissing how you got to where you are dishonor your past and make for some negative juju, it weighs on your transformational process. How you regard your past influences how your future unfolds.”
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Currently reading her book, “The Fire Starter Sessions.” I love this woman.
(via robinmthomas)
There hasn't been a worse time to pursue an education through college.
Tuition rates are higher than ever; student loans have never been so easy to attain.
Your debt will not liquidate - the system is not in your favor.
This bubble will collapse just like the financial and real estate prior.
Think about your future before you act on society’s assumptions.
“You will be stupid. You will worry your parents. You will question your own choices, your relationships, your jobs, your friends, where you live, what you studied in college, that you went to college at all… If that happens, you’re doing it right.”
—Ira Glass (via tumblforeffect)
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”
—L. P. Hartley (via nottheaveragesuperhero)
You know a woman is truly hurt when she ignores you. Silence is a woman's way of expressing anger & pain..all at once.
“We’ve bought into social constructs and false paradigms without really thinking to the bottom of them. Where did you learn to spend money, talk, and chase those career goals? Why did you insist on them? You heard it from somewhere, believed and now you’re off living it. Stop a second, turn off your stuff, and dig deeper than all that.”
—(via arabiandelilah)
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”
—Winnie the Pooh (via a-blissful-heart)
