C. S. Lewis on dedication
C. S. Lewis93 quotes“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”
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Love as distinct from “being in love” is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis A sign of a culture that has lost its faith – Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis You can make anything by writing.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say “My heart is broken.
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney
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I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They’re all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him.
Gary OldmanGary Oldman Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
Robert KennedyRobert Kennedy I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.
Rahul DravidRahul Dravid I come from a very rough background, and I’m saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman If this was my last poem I’d dedicate it to myself.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi As for me, I always train for 12 rounds just in case. I don’t train for three, four, one, or 10 rounds – I have to train for 12 because you never know what will happen that night.
Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao We don’t even get food for 2 times a day, still I didn’t give up and continued to play football.
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