Guts Quotes - Page 24

• Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?

  Sarah Dessen

  Commitment, Ideas, Purpose

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.188, Penguin

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• The most important talent for a shinobi is not the numberof jutsu. The important thing is... HAVING THE GUTS TO NEVER GIVE UP.

  Masashi Kishimoto

  Giving Up, Important, Talent

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• Was aus Liebe getan wird, geschieht immer jenseits von Gut und Böse. (What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.)

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Evil, Done, Love Always

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• You're tearin' my guts out, Claire.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Claire

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.304, Dell

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• When gods die, they die hard. It's not like they fade away, or grow old, or fall asleep. They die in fire and pain, and when they come out of you, they leave your guts burned. It hurts more than anything you can talk about. And maybe worst of all is, you're not sure if there will ever be another god to fill their place. Or if you'd ever want another god to fill their place. You don't want the fire to go out inside you twice.

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Hurt, Pain, Fall

  Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.93, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If a man's got talent and guts to buck society, he's obviously above average. You want to hold on to him. You straighten him out and turn him into a plus value. Why throw him away? Do that enough and all you've got left are the sheep.

  Alfred Bester

  Men, Sheep, Average

  Alfred Bester (1996). “The Demolished Man”, Vintage

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• Something about telling that story made my gut grow back together." What?" Oh, nothing. Just thinking out loud." That's who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of." The people who've been in your secret hiding places." The people you bite your thumb in front of." Hi." Hi." ..." ..." Wow. My first Lindsey." My second Colin." That was fun. Let's try it again." Sold." ..." ..." ...".

  John Green

  Fun, Thinking, People

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• Pianos, unlike people, sing when you give them your every growl. They know how to dive into the pit of your stomach and harmonize with your roars when you’ve split yourself open. And when they see you, guts shining, brain pulsing, heart right there exposed in a rhythm that beats need need, need need, need need, pianos do not run. And so she plays.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Running, Heart, Play

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• I have guts, just not when it counts.

  John Green

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.79, Penguin

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• A gut-string classical Spanish guitar, a sweet, lovely little lady. The smell of it. Even now, to open a guitar case, when it's an old wooden guitar, I could crawl in and close the lid.

  Keith Richards

  Sweet, Guitar, Smell

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• ...called nine-one-one," Howie was saying, "and then I heard something in the alleyway, so I went back there and" --Howie coughed-- "and valiantly attacked his knife with my guts, to no avail." "Did you get a good look at him? Could you describe him?" Howie smiled wanly. "Yeah. He was about yay long" --he held up his hands, four inches apart-- "thin, made of steel. Pointy. Sharp.

  Barry Lyga

  Hands, Knives, Long

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• Only a person with the true heart of a dictionary-writer would be lying in bed, three days after being stabbed in the gut, worrying about his P's.

  Kristin Cashore

  Lying, Heart, Worry

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.91, Penguin

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• Find Eloy. Smack his head into a wall, dance on his guts... I'd get creative. Spontaneous like.

  Kim Harrison

  Wall, Creative, Spontaneous

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• Men! She could not understand why so many women feared them. Hadn't the gods made them with the most vurnerable part of their guts hanging right out of their bodies, like a misplaced bit of bowel? Kick them there and they curled up like snails. Caress them there and their brains melted.

  Stephen King

  Men, Brain, Body

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

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• Science attacks our most cherished opinions. Opinions which come straight from our collective gut. Oh, wait, according to gastroenterologists, the only thing that comes from the gut is waste left from the digestion of food. That’s right, “waste.” I guess that means that scientists literally think our opinions should be flushed down the toilet!

  Stephen Colbert

  Mean, Thinking, Waiting

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• And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is. How I can dare to be happy is beyond me, and I hate my guts for it.

  Melina Marchetta

  Hate, Feelings, Way

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.92, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

  Richard Branson

  People, Mind, Statistics

  Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

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• Knowing yourself and coming to trust your feelings and your intuition will open up your life to greater possibilities and keep you moving toward your goals. One thing I have learned is that I should trust my 'gut' instincts. Ultimately, only we know what is best for us.

  Miranda Kerr

  Moving, Knowing, Goal

  Miranda Kerr (2010). “Treasure Yourself”, p.22, Hay House, Inc

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• Men,” she said as she took my arm and led me to the brightly lit room. “They forget we need to see the outcome of pain before we willingly put ourselves through it. How else would we suffer nine months to have a beautiful child? We already know we have guts.

  Kim Harrison

  Beautiful, Pain, Children

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• Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can. This does not mean aping extroverts; ideas can be shared quietly, they can be communicated in writing, they can be packaged into highly produced lectures, they can be advanced by allies. The trick for introverts is to honor their own styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.

  Susan Cain

  Writing, Mean, Ideas

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.173, Broadway Books

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• But you can’t put fight into a man’s guts if he hasn’t any fight in him. There are some of us so cowardly that you can’t ever make heroes of us, not even if you frighten us to death. We know too much, maybe. There are some of us who don’t live in the moment, who live a little ahead, or a little behind.

  Henry Miller

  Hero, Fighting, Men

  Henry Miller, Norman Mailer (1976). “Genius and lust: a journey through the major writings of Henry Miller”, Grove Press

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• But it was pointless, it was stupid; he thought about thoughtless things. If I were a seabird . . . but how could you be a seabird? If you were a seabird your brain would be tiny and stupid and you would love half-rotted fish guts and tweaking the eyes out of little grazing animals; you would know no poetry and you could never appreciate flying as fully as the human on the ground yearning to be you. If you wanted to be a seabird you deserved to be one.

  Iain Banks

  Stupid, Eye, Animal

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• He may not have been born with guts, but he didn't have to die without them.

  Katherine Paterson

  May, Born, Has Beens

  Katherine Paterson (1995). “Bridge to Terabithia”, Hippo Bks

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• Wolves ate even mighty hunters, for there was no honor or code among predators, and everyone's guts steam the same way when torn open on a cold night.

  Warren Ellis

  Night, Honor, Hunters

  Warren Ellis (2013). “Gun Machine”, p.192, Hachette UK

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• I have discovered there are only a handful of good ideas in the whole world. You already know them. You have heard them your entire life. Here are some of the main keys to being more successful: Take personal responsibility. Things change, so be flexible. Work smart and work hard. Serve others well. Be nice to others. Be optimistic. Have goals; want something big for yourself. Stay focused. Keep learning. Become excellent at what you do. Trust your gut. When in doubt, take action. Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can. Enjoy all you've got. Above all keep it simple.

  Larry Winget

  Nice, Smart, Hard Work

  Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.19, Penguin

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