Anais Nin on effort
Anais Nin100 quotes“Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.”
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The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.
Anais NinAnais Nin We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
Anais NinAnais Nin Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Anais NinAnais Nin We are beginning to see the influence of dream upon reality and reality upon dream.
Anais NinAnais Nin We have been poisoned by fairy tales.
Anais NinAnais Nin Do not seek the because – in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.
Anais NinAnais Nin Pain is something to master, not to wallow in.
Anais NinAnais Nin It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.
Anais NinAnais Nin I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.
Anais NinAnais Nin We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
Anais NinAnais Nin There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions.
Anais NinAnais Nin The fiery moments of passionate experience are the moments of wholeness and totality of the personality.
Anais NinAnais Nin You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars.
Anais NinAnais Nin Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
Anais NinAnais Nin The value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy and intimacy creates understanding and understanding creates love.
Anais NinAnais Nin How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
George ForemanGeorge Foreman My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110 percent and don’t give up!
Vanessa HudgensVanessa Hudgens And maybe at the end, it’s not about the loss or victory but the moments in which, we put all the efforts into something.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I will keep on hurdling and keep on hustling.
Gucci ManeGucci Mane Dressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I’ve made an effort.
Paloma FaithPaloma Faith When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Do not let fear overcome your efforts.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley I don’t like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.
Vanessa HudgensVanessa Hudgens
