An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Henry David ThoreauRead
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'
I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace and consolation.
At my age, any day above ground and vertical is a good day.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
On good days, if you trust life, life has to answer you.
The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.
Wearing down seven number two pencils is a good day's work.
It's because of you when I'm in bed in the morning that I can wind my spring and tell myself I have to live another good day.
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.
Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold on to: no illusions in his mind, no resistances in his body. He doesn't think about his actions; they flow from the core of his being. He holds nothing back from life; therefore he is ready for death, as a man is ready for sleep after a good day's work.
I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day.
You pay for good days by then having bad days. You pay for joy with pain.
Procrastinatio n will delay your change!!! Today is a very good day to change; don't let YOU stop yourself from growing!
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I look up and it's dark outside and the whole day has gone by and I don't know where it's gone. But there's bad days, too. Where I struggle and sweat and a half hour creeps by and I've written three words. And half a day creeps by and I've written a sentence and a half and then I quit for the day and play computer games. You know, sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you. [Laughs]
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