Marge Piercy
Life is the first gift, love is the second.
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I won't be ignored, Dan !
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Sanctuary !
Love does not conquer all things, but it does set all things right.
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Learning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Think of me as a sex symbol for men who don't give a damn.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Snakes ! Why did it have to be snakes ?
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Hasta la vista, baby. :
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
What comes from the heart, touches the heart.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun, a swiss watch and a woman from anywhere.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Till I loved, I never lived, enough.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Kids don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
This isn't a dream ! This is really happening !
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
You must motivate yourself every day.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Our intentions create our reality.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Well done is better than well said.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
You can't express every feeling that you have every moment that you have them.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.