97 Quotes About Observations

True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.

There’s no such thing as free kittens.

If typos are God's way of keeping a writer humble, plot holes certainly keeps one on their knees.

He wanted to draw her nude. Every part of her. To capture her sensuality in pen and ink: the way she relished food, slipped her fingers into her hair, stroked the stem of her wineglass. The way she lifted her arms to stretch and tugged on her lower lip with her upper one. He'd watched her raise goose bumps on her own skin simply by stroking the inside of her wrist with the tips of her fingers, yet she seemed oblivious to this part of herself.

Select people in every era must work outside the boundary lines of conventional society in order to make the clearest and most penetrating observations. A person whom makes advancements that rock the cradle of civilization is always a maverick preacher.

The secret to your purpose is to find what you feel is important, and not pursue what others would think is important. When you think highly of yourself, me thinking highly of you will never be enough!

Chasing a man is not winning. The only thing you win is the loss of your dignity. Confidence is knowing your value, instead of expecting a man’s love to provide you with value.

I notice for the first time that though her face is plain and her body settled into the thickness of middle age, she is beautiful. It’s the kind of beauty exuded through pores, through lustrous eyes, through inner peace.

When we assess someone's life or health on the basis of surface-level observations or passing comments, it presents us with a very flawed version of reality.