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Quotes by Japanese Authors
"I never once thought I wanted to be a soldier. I wanted to be a teacher. As soon as I left college, though, they sent me my draft notice, stuck me in officers training, and I ended up on the continent for twelve years. My life went by like a dream."
"Next she turned the gun upward and thrust the muzzle into her mouth. Now it was aimed directly at her cerebrum-- the gray labyrinth where consciousness resided."
"She tried to think about what lay ahead, but soon gave up. 'Words turn into stone,' Nimit had told her. She settled deep into her seat and closed her eyes. All at once the image came to her of the sky she had seen while swimming on her back. And Erroll Garner's 'I'll Remember April.' Let me sleep, she thought. Just let me sleep. And wait for the dream to come."
"Luka fisik memang diperlukan saat mempelajari sesuatu yang penting dalam hidup."
"Stop hating yourself for the things you have not and start loving yourself for the things that you have."
"I might have been afraid that if I really loved someone and needed her, one day she might suddenly disappear without a word, and I'd be left all alone."
"Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me."
"She gave me this look " she might have been watching from a lifeboat as the ship went down. Or maybe it was the other way around."
"Being alive, if you had to define it, meant emitting a variety of smells."
"It's just that the chaos has changed shape. The giraffe and the bear have traded hats, and the bear's switched scarves with the zebra."
"A rubber plant is just about the ideal family."
"Do not compare yourself with anybody. Compare yourself with yourself, for yourself and by yourself. We are all uniquely pottered and purposed by our creator!"
"It was as if my whole life revolved around trying to judge the appropriate point in a conversation to say goodbye."
"It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them."
"The key to finding financial freedom is to unlock your entrepreneurial intelligence, work your network and lead the time."
"Real success is not rooted in positions, places or possessions, but in fulfilment of God's purposes for our lives."
"If we can spend more time uprooting vices and rooting virtues, our world will be safer and better."
"Your purpose has the capacity to employ and enrich you for a lifetime."
"Still, though, I can't be sure if the zoo as I recall it was really like that. How can I put it? I sometimes feel that it's too vivid, if you know what I mean. And when I start having thoughts like this, the more I think about it, the less I can tell how much of the vividness is real and how much of it my imagination has invented."
"Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)"
"Thought leadership is first and foremost life leadership."
"Dear Men Everywhere,Please don't think that being a feminist means we hate you or don't need you. -We absolutely love you and couldn't live without you! ...We are just on a mission to be treated equally and with respect. No hard feelings. With love, Feminists of the World xoxoox P.S. Yes we do shave our legs!"
"He calmed himself, shut his eyes, and fell asleep. The rear light of consciousness, like the last express train of the night, began to fade into the distance, gradually speeding up, growing smaller until it was, finally, sucked into the depths of night, where it disappeared. All that remained was the sound of the wind slipping through a stand of white birch trees."
"I don't believe in failure. Whenever you take action and do something, irrespective of the outcome, you have succeeded by simply doing and trying. The universe rewards action. So believe in yourself and do whatever it is you want to do."
"The time is now, the person is you; better your life and become a name to conjure with in this day and age."
"Until you go and grow MADÍ with and in your true passion and purpose, you cannot enter the realm of meteority which is enemical to mediocrity."
"When you empower your people, your business will grow."
"It's unfair."As a rule, life is unfair," I said.Yeah, but I think I did say some awful things."To Dick?"Yeah."I pulled the car over to the shoulder of the road and turned off the ignition. "That's just stupid, that kind of thinking," I said, nailing her with my eyes. "Instead of regretting what you did, you could have treated him decently from the beginning. You could've tried to be fair. But you didn't. You don't even have the right to be sorry."
"Discipline your sexuality for it has the proclivity to cause a productivity that can influence now and posterity."
"Belief in oneself is an essential factor for success in life. It helpsyou surmount challenges on your road to success."
"A good manager instills staff with self-confidence, teaches them to believe in themselves and helps them to realise their brilliance. Do not ever treat your staff with disrespect. It is competent until proven incompetent; not incompetent til proven competent."
"Female competition is when you are with a guy you like and you look around, see a girl who is prettier than you standing nearby, and think to yourself: 'I wish she wasn't here.' -This is what happens when you attach your identity and sense of worth to the amount of male attention you receive."
"Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with."
"You can become the greatest personality in your community by developing the sagacity of humility, teachability, prosperity-mentality and accountability."
"By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth."
"Even now, whenever I think of her, I envision a quiet Sunday morning. A gentle, clear day, just getting under way. No homework to do, just a Sunday when you could do what you wanted. She always gave me this kick-back-and-relax, Sunday-morning kind of feeling."
"In life, you don't lose;you learn."
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