August 2011
28 posts
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The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed
– Chinese proverb
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Cry in training, laugh on the battlefield.
– Samurai Maxim
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My roots extend to bedrock I stay grounded
The perfect balance, I found it
– Talib Kweli And Hi-tek (reflection Eternal) - The Express
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Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust
– Persian Proverb
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I am not afraid of storms,
For I am learning how to sail my ship.
– Louisa May Alcott
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Waiting for thunder
is so much harder now that
I’ve seen the lightning.
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
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Cut the bullshit out, I’m Edward with the scissors
– Lil Wayne – Blunt Blowin
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Woke up late today,
and I still feel the sting of pain,
but I brushed my teeth...
– Sara Evans “A Little Bit Stronger”
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Ender’s anger was cold, and he could use it.
Bonzo’s was hot, so it...
– Orson Scott Card “Ender’s Game”
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Miss Unaffiliated
But whatever it is baby hope you pledge to your dreams
– Wale “Ambitious Girl 2”
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The struggle is beautiful,
I’m too strong for your slavery
– Talib Kweli “Beautiful Struggle”
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We’ve all got both light and dark inside us.
What matters is the part we...
– Sirius to Harry, “Harry Potter”
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I’m trying to write my wrongs,
But it’s funny these same wrongs helped me...
– Kanye West “Touch the Sky”
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Our attitudes influence our behavior…
Michelangelo believed he was the...
– Psychology Today
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creative-thinkering/201108/you-become-what-you-pretend-be
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Your twenties are always an apprenticeship,
But you don’t always know...
– Jan Houtema
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The true lover finds the light only if…
Like the candle,
He is his own...
– Attar, Sufi Poet
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Truly being here is glorious
– Rainer Maria Rilke
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And when the wind blows as hard as it blows right now
All I can do is put my...
– Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci - “All I Can Do”
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No flares, No vest, and No fear
– Frank Ocean “Swim good”
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The world is mine: blue hill, still silver lake
Broad field, bright flower,...
– Edna St. Vincent Millay
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And like the seasons you are also
And though in your winter you deny your...
– Kahlil Gibran “The Prophet”
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Even those who limp go not backward
– Kahlil Gibran “The Prophet”
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Catch yourself in the positive
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Whatever it is, they’re getting it straight
I’m too obsessed, too...
– Mac Miller “Whateva”
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I Strike the Empire Back
– Mos Def “Know that”
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Stand tall or don’t stand at all, c’mon
– Talib Kweli “The Proud”