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  • Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don't even recognize that growth is happening...Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be, eventually become the periods we wait for, for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alice Walker Quotes , Long Quotes , Personality Quotes
  • If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Confucius Quotes , Men Quotes , Long Quotes
  • I let myself go at the beginning and write with an easy mind, but by the time I get to the middle I begin to grow timid and to fear my story will be too long. . .That is why the beginning of my stories is always very promising and looks as though I were starting on a novel, and the middle is huddled and timid, and the end is...like fireworks.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Writing Quotes , Long Quotes
  • In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Caring Quotes , Long Quotes
  • I do not doubt that all those who have received Baptism anywhere and from whomever do have Baptism, as long as it was consecrated with the words of the Gospel and they received it without pretence on their part and with some degree of faith. However, it would not avail them for their spiritual salvation if they were lacking in that charity by which they might be implanted in the Catholic Church.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Saint Augustine Quotes , Spiritual Quotes , Long Quotes
  • As long as the vision of heaven is always changing, the vision of earth will be exactly the same. No ideal will remain long enough to be realized, or even partly realized. The modern young man will never change his environment; for he will always change his mind.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Men Quotes , Long Quotes