My mother describes me as 'a real hero .. . just like your grandfather'. But I do not know what to do with this accolade for her son, other than let her have moment, or it helps her back here.
If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.
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Steve Maraboli
To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions.
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Amit Kalantri
Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you contribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go.
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Simon Zingerman
That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire.
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Simon Zingerman
The most unlucky generation is the one which couldn't produce a hero to look upto.
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Amit Kalantri
More Quotes By Jake Wood
I was not descending in a plane, coming Home. I was watching an alien world as it ascended towards me - and one that I could never begin the process of readjusting to, because I knew that I would just as soon be returning to...
My family says they are proud of me. Of course, I would rather hear this than the contrary, but I cannot say that I am proud of myself, so I find that I cannot 'talk about it'.
I do not think the long-range bullets I fire provide the mark of a man; I am only dimly aware that they are dehumanising me. They are my opium tto see me through my time here. But with each hit they give, they only provide...
...my ability to trust had been shattered into splinters, its fragmented shards slicing through every darkened recess of my mind, his absolution won my over all the more.
Failure is another emotion I cannot stand to feel, because in adult life I have conditioned myself not to fail at anything. Failure takes me straight back to the feelings of worthlessness I grew up with as a stammering, reclusive little boy.
