A lot can be determined by the choices we make, even if the action is initiated by self-preservation. Many. . no, most. . of our choices are driven by fear: fear of death, fear of humiliation, fear of loneliness. But it's how we respond to fear that matters. It's what defines us. What makes us who we are. So maybe in your mind you acted selfishly, but I'm alive because of the choice you made. So I'll remember it as an act of kindness and yes, even bravery. Michael J. Sullivan
I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie...
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Veronica Roth
I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.
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Steve Maraboli
There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.
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Shannon L. Alder
The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it's not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core...
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Osho
When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.
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Shannon L. Alder
More Quotes By Michael J. Sullivan
When you expect nothing from the world - not the light of the sun, the wet of water, nor the air to breathe - everything is a wonder and every moment a gift.
See, that’s the difference, ” Mauvin said. “I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.
It was a trap after all, ” Alric said. He turned to Royce. “My apologies for doubting your sound paranoia.
One truth doesn't refute another. Truth doesn't lie in the object, but in how we see it.
I know nothing about war. But let me tell you what I believe. I think running from responsibility breeds self-loathing and despair. I think people can, and do, rise to the occasion, and even a single person can make an incredible difference. What they need...
