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Quotes by Australian Authors
"Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense."
"The page we have in our colouring book may appear to have a similar outline but we all vary in the way we fill in the space. Diversity keeps us interesting.Celebrate your differences."
"Unless you have a crystal ball you don't know how the future is going to unfold. Focus on the things you can influence and don't fret over the rest."
"The secular world often finds its constituents disenfranchised and solitary as it has spent a great deal of time debating the religious community while failing to build a true community of its own."
"Even a grain of sand united with an oyster can make a pearl."
"I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day."
"The Phoenix burns and rebirths from the ashes in the absence of need for witness, acceptance, understanding or belief."
"Just know that the achievement of anything grand takes consistent effort year after year. Motivation can uphold you intermittently, but it has too few calories to sustain a life."
"So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it."
"Wilem: 'What is the word for that here? A man who is intimate with both women and men?''Lucky?' Denna suggested. 'Tired? Ambidextrous?''Ambisextrous,' I corrected."
"Don't take your happiness for granted. Be proactive about maintaining and sustaining it in your life."
"There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true."
"Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us."
"We can lose the roll, we can lose position, but we can constantly strive to win the moment."
"What I personally knew about courting women could comfortably fit into a thimble without taking it off your finger first."
"It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves."
"Having a poverty mentality leaves you focusing on all the things you don't have, when in reality you probably already have everything you need."
"Kvothe continued, smiling himself "I see you laugh. Very well, for simplicity's sake, let us assume I am the center of creation. In doing this, let us pass over innumerable boring stories: the rise and fall of empires, sagas of heroism, ballads of tragic love. Let us hurry forward to the only tale of any real importance. His smile broadened. "Mine."
"I know everything I need to about a person by their hands. Eyes may be the window to ones soul but hands disclose the being."
""There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth."Vashet smiled lazily. "And if the pursuit of the truth was my goal, that would concern me." She gave a long yawn, stretching like a happy cat. "Instead I will focus on the joy in my heart.""
"She knows that feeling too. Of believing that each time someone says her name, it's to tell her that something bad has happened."
"Being generous is not just about the decisions you make with your wallet. Being generous with your time and energy is just as important."
"If Froi understood anything, it was that in this world one's worth came from others."
"Life is about choices and chances. You make a choice and take a chance."
"I think my family has come a long way. The sad thing is that so many haven't. So many have stayed in their own little world. Some because they don't want to leave it, others because the world around them won't let them in."
"Jiu Jitsu provides a place of fellowship that, unfortunately, our society has largely failed to create."
"It is only when we admit our ignorance that we can hope to overcome it."
"The beautiful truth about service is that we are afforded countless opportunities to be its vehicle. Every interaction with another is an opportunity to serve. From simply letting someone into your lane in traffic, to holding a door, to a kind smile. This is all service. I am humbled by this simple truth. We are given the opportunity to express the most meaningful use of our lives every time we interact with another sentient being."
"You have been blessed to stand on the shoulders of giants. Make sure that someone stands on yours as well. This is the only way of human progress."
"For the sincere student, it mustn't be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves."
"Be mindful of the company you keep. Don't let negative people cloud your vision."
"Dare to live the fairytale."
"You are the ruler of my heart. There is no measure greater than this."
"Very few changes in life are achieved without effort and a commitment to making that effort."
"Every time you say'but', you are giving yourself a get-out clause."
"You always love playing in finals at any tournament. The grand slams and stuff like that are obviously the priorities but any titles go on your record."
"Too much honesty makes you sound insincere."
"Asleep she was a painting of a fire. Awake she was the fire itself."
"Your love is poetry in perpetual motion capturing my heart with centrifugal force."
"Thoreau went to the woods. I went to the mats."
"Lying down gazing at the cerulean blue-black sky, she slid her hands down to intertwine her fingers with his. "I love you," she whispers."
"Women hope men will change after marriage but they don't; men hope women won't change but they do."
"Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear."
"So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish."
"We must strive to become more daily. We must honestly assess our weaknesses and overcome them. We must work toward the highest possible version of ourselves. This is a worthy use of our time, but it is only when we do so with the ultimate aim of service to our fellow man that we really connect with something greater than ourselves. To contribute to the world in a positive way, this is the gift of life."
"She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important."
"When blackened night falls, darkness exists if one chooses to rely on sight as thy only guide."
"Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be."
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