Inspirational Quotations

The sure sign of a weak man who ascends to glory is that he can’t tolerate having strong men around him.
—Clive James (Australian Writer, Broadcaster, TV Critic)

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently!
—Charles Dudley Warner (American Essayist)

Anyone who has ever scanned the bookshelves of a new girlfriend or boyfriend- or peeked inside his or her medicine cabinet- understands this implicitly; you can learn as much – or more – from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.
—Malcolm Gladwell (Canadian Journalist, Author)

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
—Jim Rohn (American Entrepreneur)

Nobody likes to be criticized, but unless their faults are pointed out to them every time, football players just don’t develop, regardless of how much talent they have.
—Harland Svare (American Football Player, Coach)

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us the Lord will provide.
—Isaac Newton (English Physicist)

Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.
—Thomas Merton (American Trappist Monk)

In every branch of knowledge the progress is proportional to the amount of facts on which to build, and therefore to the facility of obtaining data.
—James Clerk Maxwell (Scottish Physicist)

In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope.
—Charles H. Revson (American Businessman)

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
—Sun Tzu (Chinese Military Leader)

Each of the arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.
—Eliza Farnham (American Reformer)

My principal method for defeating error and heresy, is, by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares; but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.
—John Newton (English Clergyman, Writer)

Our most valuable possessions are those which can be shared without lessening-those which, when shared, multiply. Our least valuable possessions, on the other hand, are those which, when divided, are diminished.
—William H. Danforth (American Businessman)

Some of the best navigators don’t know where they’re going until they get there, then they’re still not sure!
—Jimmy Buffett (American Singer-Songwriter)

A minority is only thought of as a minority when it constitutes some kind of a threat to the majority, real or imaginary.
—Christopher Isherwood (Anglo-American Novelist, Playwright)

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.
—Charlotte Bronte (English Novelist, Poet)

It’s the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It’s a quality to be proud of. But it’s a quality that many people seem to have neglected.
—Gerald Ford (American Head of State)

Life without commitment is not worth living.
—Abraham Joshua Heschel (American Jewish Rabbi)

The best career advice to give to the young is “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.”
—Katharine Whitehorn (English Journalist)

Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.
—Ann Patchett (American Novelist)

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
—Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (English Intellectual, Politician)

A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.
—Hester Thrale (Welsh Writer)

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.
—Michael Jordan (American Sportsperson)

Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent.
—Christopher Marlowe (English Playwright)

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
—Philippine Proverb

Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
—James Russell Lowell (American Poet, Critic)

If a snake bites your neighbor, you too are in danger.
—African Proverb

The only practical way yet discovered by the world for curing its ills is to forget about them.
—Ben Hecht (American Screenwriter)

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
—Anita Brookner (English Novelist, Art Historian)

Whenever you feel ‘short’ or in ‘need’ of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want.
—Robert Kiyosaki (American Businessperson)

The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.
—Plato (Ancient Greek Philosopher)

Don’t be a slave to style. Don’t take more from the world than you’re willing to give back. And learn to undo the perceptions—so heavily promoted by the media—that shopping is a form of therapy and that a purchase is nothing but a victory or a gain.
—Thanissaro Bhikkhu (American Buddhist Monk)

Just understand your mind: how it works, how attachment and desire arise, how ignorance arises, where emotions come from. It is sufficient to know the nature of all that; just that gives so much happiness and peace.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe (Tibetan Buddhist Teacher)

Strength just comes in one brand – you. Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you and keep your hair combed.
—Reynolds Price (American Novelist)

If you don’t get a kick out of the job you’re doing you’d better hunt for another one.
—Samuel M. Vauclain (American Industrialist)

Who is so deafe or so blinde as is hee that wilfully will neither heare nor see?
—John Heywood

A man is well equipped for all the real necessities of life if he trusts his senses, and so cultivates them that they remain worthy of being trusted.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Poet)

They are able because they think they are able.
—Virgil (Roman Poet)

The difference between guilt and shame is very clear—in theory. We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are.
—Lewis B. Smedes (American Christian Theologian)

For those who immerse themselves in what the fairy tale has to communicate, it becomes a deep, quiet pool which at first seems to reflect only our own image; but behind it we soon discover the inner turmoils of our soul – its depth, and ways to gain peace within ourselves and with the world, which is the reward of our struggles.
—Bruno Bettelheim (Austrian-born Psychoanalyst)

If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.
—Leo Tolstoy (Russian Novelist)

Charity is a calm, severe duty; it must be intellectual, to be advantageous. It is a strange mistake that it should ever be considered a merit; its fulfilment is only what we owe to each other, and is a debt never paid to its full extent.
—Letitia Elizabeth Landon (English Poet, Novelist)

Love doesn’t conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool.
—Donna Tartt (American Novelist)

Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended.
—Zsa Zsa Gabor (Hungarian-born Film Actress)

All’s not offence that indiscretion finds.
—William Shakespeare (British Playwright)

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No merchant or tradesman would set himself to work if he did not hope to reap benefit thereby.
—Martin Luther (German Protestant Theologian)

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
—Charles Simmons (American Editor, Novelist)

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
—William Hazlitt (English Essayist)

Children find everything in nothing, men find nothing in everything.
—Giacomo Leopardi (Italian Poet)

Globalization is a bottom-up phenomenon with all actions initiated by millions of individuals, the sum total of which is “globalization.” No one is in charge, and no one can anticipate what the sum of all the individual initiatives will be before the result manifest. A global economy can only be the result of “spontaneous order.”
—John Naisbitt (American Trend Analyst)

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
—James Allen (British Self-Help Author)

An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.
—Byron Katie (American Speaker)

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected. But the one lied to almost never shares this view. The moment we consider our dishonesty from the point of view of those we lie to, we recognize that we would feel betrayed if the roles were reversed.
—Sam Harris (American Neuroscientist, Atheist, Author)

A symphonic conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that, regardless of his approach or temperament, the eventual result is the same — the orchestra will hate him.
—Oscar Levant (American Musician)

There are those who say that when civilization progresses a bit further transportation facilities will move into the skies and under the ground, and that our streets will again be quiet, but I know perfectly well that when that day comes some new device for torturing the old will be invented.
—Tanizaki Jun’ichiro (Japanese Novelist)

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion.
—Benjamin Franklin (American Founding Father, Inventor)

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
—Jerome K. Jerome (English Humorist, Novelist)

The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
—Richard Cecil

Of a great spirit is moderation in prosperity.
—Seneca the Elder (Marcus Annaeus Seneca) (Roman Rhetorician)

When death finally comes, you will welcome it like an old friend, aware of how dreamlike and impermanent the whole phenomenal world really is.
—Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (Tibetan Buddhist Teacher)

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness, but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
—Montesquieu (French Political Philosopher)

As one of the most influential industries in the United States, scaling your construction business from small to medium can be challenging. Whether you’re just starting up or have been in the industry for many years, growing your construction business requires strategic planning and execution to succeed in this wildly competitive industry.

To successfully grow your construction business, you must ensure that you have the resources to handle the expansion and the onslaught of work that comes with it. Not only does this include increasing capital, but it’s also about creating a solid reputation for your organization, creating growth opportunities for your employees, scaling your operations, and much more.

Fortunately, there are many ways that you can convert your construction firm from a small to a medium enterprise, from investing in your business and increasing your marketing efforts to building an excellent team and proactively seeking out new opportunities. But how can you kickstart your growth efforts?

Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur looking to dip your toes into the construction industry or a business owner looking to scale up your existing construction firm, we explore several hands-on approaches owners can take to scale their construction business to the next level and achieve long-term success in our article below.

Build An Excellent Team

In today’s business climate, it doesn’t matter if you’re the best at what you do; if you don’t have an equally as good team surrounding you,your construction business will struggle to gain traction. Teamwork is essential for a company’s long-term success and bottom line since everyone possesses different skills, gifts, and talents, which, when added to the mixing pot, achieve a common goal, and give companies a competitive advantage.

However, when done correctly, teamwork can provide many more benefits for expanding businesses, such as better problem-solving skills, increased morale among staff members, more personal growth opportunities, increased productivity, and much more. Yet, you can only hope to reap these benefits by retaining your top talent; therefore, it is also essential for expanding construction companies to promote/reward their staff to reduce employee turnover.

Nowadays, employees need much more than an ample paycheck to stay with a company; some of the most popular methods of employee retention are as follows:

• Provide flexible working opportunities.
• Offer a competitive salary or hourly wages.
• Create a nurturing environment that encourages personal/professional development.
• Provide other job perks, like discounts on cell phone providers, or gym memberships.
• Recognize and reward your highest-performing employees.
• Encourage a work/life balance and much more.

Invest In Your Business

To expand your construction business from a small to a medium organization, you must spend money to make money. Whether you’re looking to launch a new advertising campaign, refurbish your facilities, develop a new product, or scale your operations, it is essential that you invest in your business so that you can run your business more smoothly and stay ahead of your competitors.

There are many ways that construction businesses can invest in their operations, including purchasing new equipment when needed, enlisting the services of a business coach, outsourcing business tasks to third parties, experimenting with different marketing tactics, providing training for employees, and much more.

Over the recent years, replacing outdated construction tech with modern platforms and software has become one of the most popular self-investments for construction firms. If you want your business to remain relevant and ahead of the competition, continuously updating the technology that enables your systems and processes is essential for growth, communication, and much more.

If your construction business specializes in road, tunnel, or highway construction, invest in a platform that enables your company to leverage data intelligence, collaborate with team members in real-time, and improve project performance, like the construction management software from Kahua.

Whether you’re looking to protect project/program data or manage multiple funding sources quickly, consider visiting their website to learn how investing in their construction management software could help your road, highway, or tunnel construction business expand today.

Increase Your Marketing Efforts

As one of the most affluent industries in the United States, it is no surprise that the construction industry is highly competitive. This is why; if you want to scale the operations of your construction firm, you need to increase your marketing efforts to ensure you book jobs faster than your competitors. But how can your construction business stand out in a business culture that relies heavily on digitalization instead of traditional marketing tactics?

Fortunately, many marketing strategies can keep your construction business ahead of your competitors and increase your promotion efforts. From using popular social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, to market your services and including your staff in your marketing campaigns to setting up Google ads and ensuring that your business’s contact information is easily accessible, there are many ways to improve your construction firm’s marketing strategy.

Experimenting with different marketing tactics is essential for scaling your operations. It makes existing/potential customers aware of your services/products, enables them to see what sets your business apart from others, aids them in the buying process, and much more. Ultimately marketing is essential for keeping your firm ahead of the game and maximizing return on investment (ROI), so your organization must take advantage.

Be Proactive In Your Approach To Finding More Work

In an ideal business world, you and your team could sit back with your feet up while customers and new job opportunities fall into your lap. However, as hard as we might wish for this to be the case, it’s not, and businesses must be proactive in their approach to finding new leads. Whether your construction firm receives a steady workflow, or you are peering at the calendar wondering when your next job will be booked, it is essential to have a continuous pipeline of work filing your books.

Fortunately, there are many ways that you and your team can be proactive in your approach to filling your work calendar. Some of the best ways to generate more work include sending out emails to existing customers with your current offers, managing your business’s online presence using Google My Business, posting across your company’s social media platforms, partnering with other local trade businesses, and much more.

One of the best ways your construction firm can generate more leads is by attending local networking groups. Unless you’re a super confident business person, introducing yourself to a room full of local professionals might not seem appealing; however, networking is highly beneficial for your business and can provide many benefits from connecting you with likeminded professionals and allowing you to share ideas to finding new job opportunities and developing new skills.

Provide Excellent Customer Service

One of your main priorities as a business should be pleasing your customers. While this doesn’t mean being a complete pushover, it means delivering services/products/experiences that will make them want to do repeat business with you. On the other hand, if your customer service is utter garbage, you can guarantee that those who have had a negative experience will spread the word, and you’ll lose existing and potential customers over it.

However, so long as you and your team know your product, use creative problem-solving methods, maintain a positive attitude, respond efficiently, and actively listen whenever faced with a customer problem, you’ll foster an excellent customer service experience that’ll prompt people to spread the word about your services and in turn help you grow as a company.

If you are running a small business, profitability should be one of your primary focuses—after all, it’s what pays your salary!Put simply, if your company cannot consistently turn a profit, it will not be able to survive or compete with other businesses in its niche. Currently, the cost-of-living crisis is affecting small businesses significantly, so you need to make sure you adapt to get as much income as possible.

While investment in your company is vital for its growth, constantly burning cash without a robust plan for how you intend to replenish the coffers is a recipe for disaster. So, here are some tips to increase the profitability of your business and maximise its chances of success.

Consider Joining An Established Franchise

Building a name for your small business from scratch can be a time-consuming and challenging task, so you might want to consider making the most of an established brand.

Joining a franchise means getting help from experts in your niche and being part of a named brand that can help drive your business forward. Learn more about franchise oppourtunities from directories like Franchise Local to find one that will suit your customers and help you achieve your goals.

Expand Your Customer Base

One of the best ways to increase the profitability of a small business is, unsurprisingly, to sell more. While selling to existing customers and retaining their allegiance to your company is vital for any company, finding new clientele can help you grow rapidly.

Advertising is perhaps the most obvious way that you can find new customers. Digital marketing, radio, or TV advertising are powerful ways to spread the word about your company. To facilitate a successful marketing campaign, you must understand your target audience. Market research will allow you to tailor the content you distribute to those most likely to buy your products and services.

Increase the Size of Orders

As mentioned above, you should avoid sacrificing the needs of your existing customer base in an attempt to attract new clients. In fact, developing a strategy to increase the average size of orders made by current customers is an effective way of increasing your company’s overall profitability.

As a business owner, you should attempt to upsell other products or services to existing customers to increase the average order size and value. When upselling, it is essential to explain to customers why they may want to buy a more expensive product. To do this, you could describe how it would make things better or easier than if they were to choose a less expensive model.

Offer More Products and Services

If your business already shows some signs of success and has the resources for growth at its disposal, consider adding products or services to your roster and finding innovative ways to introduce them to your clientele.

Increasing the number of products that you sell to customers is an excellent way to increase order sizes and their value. Additionally, new offerings will undoubtedly make your company a more attractive entity for new customers.

Before taking the plunge and offering an entirely new product line, it is essential to conduct in-depth market research. It is essential to consider what the margins will be for any product you plan to release. Maximising profit margins for any new things you intend to sell is critical to ensure your business remains profitable in the future.

Conclusion

In summary, it is vital to develop strategies to enhance a company’s profitability as it grows. Without maximising profit margins, the volume of sales and the uptake of new customers, your company will have a significantly reduced chance of succeeding. A robust business plan is essential for this. It will allow you to identify your company’s goals and decide on what metrics are best to track your progress.

The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.
—Graham Greene (British Novelist)

A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure.
—Lilian Jackson Braun (American Mystery Novelist)

Life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference and it is important to see what is invisible to others.
—Robert Frank (Swiss-American Photographer)

You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
—Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese-born American Philosopher)

Obviously crime pays, or there’d be no crime.
—G. Gordon Liddy (American Lawyer)

Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference—in our own lives and those of others.
—Sharon Salzberg (Buddhist Teacher)

But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.
—Viktor Frankl (Austrian Psychiatrist)

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
—Herodotus (Ancient Greek Historian)

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
—Bert Williams (American Entertainer)

Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you to add something to the pleasure of others, or to diminish something of their pains. And for every grain of enjoyment you sow in the bosom of another, you shall find a harvest in your own bosom; while every sorrow which you pluck out from the thoughts and feelings of a fellow creature shall be replaced by beautiful peace and joy in the sanctuary of your soul.
—Jeremy Bentham (British Philosopher, Economist)

Honesty is the best image.
—Tom Wilson (American Cartoonist)

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears.
—Philibert Joseph Roux (French Surgeon)

Nursing employment has evolved with healthcare, offering specialized job opportunities like forensic nursing and hospice care. Pursuing these specialties allows nurses to refine their skills and build expertise. Here’s an overview of the primary nursing specialties, including required education and experience, to assist in choosing the right path.

1. Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP)

AGNPs provide comprehensive healthcare for adults and the elderly, including diagnosis, treatment, exams, tests, prescriptions, and patient education. They work in diverse settings like hospitals, primary care centers, and long-term care facilities. To become AGNPs, nurses need a BSN degree, RN license, and MSN with an AGNP specialization. Many reputable colleges offer online MSN programs, allowing working nurses to advance their education. AGNP programs cover advanced courses in pharmacology, pathophysiology, health assessment, and clinical management, providing practical experience in various healthcare settings.

2. Nurse Administrator

Nurse administrators handle finances, procedures, and patient care while overseeing medical center operations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 28% growth in health services managers, including nurse administrators, from 2021 to 2031. This surge is driven by an aging population requiring more medical services and a focus on cost control and quality improvement in healthcare. Nurse administrators typically need a graduate degree and healthcare work experience.

3. Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

FNPs diagnose, treat ailments, prescribe medication, and educate on preventive healthcare. They provide primary care, support patients with chronic conditions, and promote overall well-being. To become an FNP, nurses need a master’s degree and certification. Demand for FNPs is high, with an improving job outlook. In the US, they earn an average of $139,887 annually, making it an attractive career for advancement and competitive pay.

4. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

CRNAs are specialized nurses who provide anesthesia during surgeries, deliveries, and pain treatments. They work alongside surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other healthcare providers in various healthcare settings. CRNAs are crucial in ensuring patient comfort and safety throughout medical procedures by administering anesthesia, monitoring vital signs, and offering post-anesthesia care. They require excellent analytical, decision-making, and interpersonal skills to provide high-quality treatment. Nurse anesthetists are among the highest-paid nursing specialties, earning an average annual salary of $205,770 in the US. To become a CRNA, nurses need an advanced nursing degree and must pass a certification examination.

5. Nurse Educator

Nurse instructors shape future nurses by developing curricula and guiding students. They conduct research and collaborate with healthcare professionals to innovate patient learning methods. Nurse educators hold advanced degrees and their salaries vary based on factors like education level, experience, location, and institution type. In 2022, nursing instructors and teachers in postsecondary education earned an average annual wage of $84,180 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

6. Informatics Nurse

Informatics nurses leverage their expertise in data analytics and healthcare organizations to improve patient care and outcomes. They are responsible for managing, creating, and implementing electronic health records (EHRs) and other healthcare IT systems. By ensuring accurate and accessible patient data, informatics nurses enhance the effectiveness and quality of care. They may also develop training programs for staff on new healthcare technology and EHR systems. In 2022, the average salary for an informatics nurse was $82,875 according to Payscale. With healthcare systems relying more on technology for patient care management, the demand for informatics nurses is expected to grow.

7. Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP)

WHNPs provide a range of services including gynecological care, family planning, maternity and newborn care, menopause management, and reproductive health problem detection and management. They promote women’s well-being by offering preventive services, education, and medical examinations. WHNPs also collaborate with other healthcare professionals to develop treatment plans for individuals with complex medical conditions. According to PayScale, the average income for a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NP) is $98,526, which may vary based on factors such as experience, location, and employment situation.

Embrace Nursing Specialties That Define Your Career

Specialty careers in nursing provide numerous opportunities for nurses to enhance their expertise in specific areas of healthcare. These careers allow nurses to pursue their passions and develop specialized skills, leading to fulfilling and rewarding professional journeys. Whether it’s becoming a nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, nurse informaticist, or nurse educator, nurses have a wide range of options to explore. The decision to pursue a specialty career should be based on personal interests, career aspirations, and a desire to make a positive difference in patients’ lives.

It is not a lucky word, this same impossible; no good comes of those that have it so often in their mouth.
—Thomas Carlyle (Scottish Historian, Essayist)

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. It has no apparatus to deal with the boor, the liar, the lout, and the antidemocrat in general.
—J. William Fulbright (American Politician)

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience, or none at all.
—Ogden Nash (American Comic Poet)

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
—Mary Wollstonecraft (English Writer, Feminist)

All those things [meaning works of art] have given me the greatest satisfaction and contentment because they are not only for the honor of God but are likewise for my own remembrance. For fifty years, I have done nothing else but earn money and spend money; and it became clear that spending money gives me greater pleasure than earning it.
—Cosimo de’ Medici (Florentine Statesman, Banker)

Without all doubt, charity to the poor is a direct and obligatory duty upon all Christians.
—Edmund Burke (British Philosopher, Statesman)

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.
—Mikhail Bulgakov (Russian Novelist, Dramatist)

Falling in love was simple; one had only to yield. Digesting another person, however, and sustaining love, was bloody work, and not a soft job.
—Hanif Kureishi (British Novelist, Screenwriter)

If you have the words, there’s always a chance that you’ll find the way.
—Seamus Heaney (Irish Poet, Playwright)

I will go anywhere, provided it is forward.
—David Livingstone (Scottish Missionary, Explorer)

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (American Physician, Essayist)

Love points the way. Desire is its ignorant advisor.
—Elfriede Jelinek (Austrian Author)