Shahad Al Melhem > Shahad's Quotes

“Pain is weakness leaving the body”
― Tera Lynn Childs, Oh. My. Gods.

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
― Malcolm X

“لو سُئلت :ماالذي تتمنى أن تشربه دون أن تفيق ؟، لقلت : عصير الكتب ، خلاصة الفكر ، مسحوق الفلسفة”
― أنيس منصور, في صالون العقاد كانت لنا أيام

“اعطتني القراءة عذرًا مقبولًا لعزلتي، بل ربما اعطت مغزىً لتلك العزلة المفروضة عليّ”
― Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading

“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

“The greatest gift is the passion for reading.
It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites,
it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind.
It is a moral illumination.”
― Elizabeth Hardwick

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“My life story is the story of everyone I've ever met.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.”
― Ellen DeGeneres

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Dare to Be

When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.

When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.

When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.

When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.

When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.

When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.

When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.

When times are tough, dare to be tougher.

When love hurts you, dare to love again.

When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.

When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.

When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.

When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.

When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.

When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.

Dare to be the best you can –

At all times, Dare to be!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.”
― Ann Landers

“It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.”
― Tyler Perry

“Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”
― Henry Ford

“The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“If you do whatever it takes to accomplish your goals to live the life you desire, It will be worth it. I promise! But if you find some excuse to justify quitting your journey, you will regret it. This is also a promise!" -gbb”
― Glenn Brandon Burke

“Learn from your history, but don’t live in it.”
― Steve Maraboli

“هُم يرتكبون خطأً. هو يكتب عن الخطأ. آخرون يلومونه على الكتابة!”
― سعود السنعوسي, فئران أمي حصة

“أنتم لا تبكونَ موتاكم، أنتم تبكونكم بعدهم”
― سعود السنعوسي, فئران أمي حصة

“للكلمة ( يُمَّه) وقعٌ موجعٌ إذا ما جاءت في وقتٍ لا تسمعكَ فيه”
― سعود السنعوسي, فئران أمي حصة

“المصائب إن أقبلَتْ، أقبلَتْ تُمسك إحداها بيَد الأخرى”
― سعود السنعوسي, فئران أمي حصة

“يموتُ أحدهم ليعيشَ آخر”
― سعود السنعوسي, فئران أمي حصة

“في هذا الوطن ، في هذا الوقت ، الحجارة هي أسهل ما يمكن العثور عليه .. لا يخلف الهدم إلا حجارة لا تصلح للبناء !”
― سعود السنعوسي, فئران أمي حصة

“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could be any different.” It’s accepting the past for what it was and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward. —Oprah”
― Oprah Winfrey, The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations

“You can't numb those hard feelings without numbing the other affects, our emotions. You cannot selectively numb. So when we numb those, we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. And then we are miserable, and we are looking for purpose and meaning, and then we feel vulnerable, so then we have a couple of beers and a banana nut muffin. And it becomes this dangerous cycle.”
― Brené Brown, The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose