137 Quotes About Realistic

One's mutual responsibility to any individual determines the role of one person who he is.

Be such that people get to know of you as you are rather than comparing to others.

Keep burning the flame of discontent within you until you get the joy of satisfaction.

Sometimes it is not right to wait for the right train. Take any train instead of rotting at the station! In other words, be realistic!

He did not think of love as an eternally vigilant, blazing flame, which with its powerful, flickering glow shown into all the peaceful folds of life and in some fantastic way made everything seem bigger and stronger than it was. For him, love was more like the calm, smoldering ember that gives off an even heat from its soft bed of ashes and in the muted twilight tenderly forgets what is distant and makes what is near seem twice as close and twice as intimate.

Reality hasn't really sunk in yet, I knew that. I didn't want to know what life was going to feel like when it finally did.

Is not the semblance of guilt, however slight the tinge, already a corruption?

A truly solid plan involves, well… planning. So many people miss this part, but it’s not that hard. Take a realistic look at where you are today, and make an aggressive, but realistic plan for change. Instead of having goals, have a vision and see yourself succeeding several times per day.

MARY: Catherine! Is it necessary to include such a detail?CATHERINE: Do you expect our readers to believe that we had no bodily needs or functions for entire days at a time?MARY: No, but such things are simply—unstated. They go without saying.CATHERINE: It’s very fashionable now to include realistic details, no matter how unpleasant or improper. Look at the French writers. Look at Émile Zola.MARY: We are not French.