Take Care Quotes - Page 35

• God will bless you,' said he, 'you are an angel since you take care of the flowers.' 'No,' she replied. 'I am the devil, but that's all the same to me.

  Victor Hugo

  Flower, Angel, Devil

  Victor Hugo (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)”, p.2967, Delphi Classics

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• October 6, 1774 I met those of our society who had votes in the ensuing election, and advised them 1. To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy 2. To speak no evil of the person they voted against, and 3. To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those that voted on the other side.

  John Wesley

  Speak No Evil, Rewards, Our Society

  John Wesley, John Emory (1758). “Journals”, p.422

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• I'd never really thought past the whole dying-for-the-sake-of-the-world part of things. When you're alive, you don't dwell on how you're going to spend your time once you're dead. You just figure you're gone, and the rest will pretty much take care of itself.

  Kami Garcia

  Past, Dying, Gone

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• Maybe that’s what religion is, hurling yourself off a cliff and trusting that something bigger will take care of you and carry you to the right place.

  Maria Semple

  Care, Cliffs, Bigger

  "Where'd You Go, Bernadette". Book by Maria Semple, www.npr.org. 2012.

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• When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Discipline, Care

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• What are you doing now?" Al questioned "Seeing if your circumcision is gone? It is. My expression went blank, and Trent hesitated. He looked at me, and I put a hand to my mouth, face flaming. "Oh. My. God. Trent. I'm sorry" "Um" Trent said, clearly at a loss. "Call me tomorrow," Al said seriously, "I've got a curse that will take care of that. Unless you like the snake in a turtleneck look

  Kim Harrison

  Sorry, Loss, Expression

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• Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility; it results from some ecological or naturalistic wisdom, and is not always bad - at an existential level, it is my body rebelling against its entrapment. It is my soul fighting the Procrustean bed of modernity.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Procrastination, Fighting, Exercise

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.122, Random House

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• I didn't want it to be this way." "Yes, you did," she said, "because it is." "I just want to be with someone normal," he said. "I just want to have a normal life." "Excuse me," she said. "You're a little crazy," he said. "You're too old to act the way you do. You've got to grow up. You've got to take care of yourdelf. I'm afraid for you. You can't think that people are going to take care of you all the time.

  Candace Bushnell

  Growing Up, Crazy, Thinking

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• The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do?

  Nhat Hanh

  Substance, Care, Way

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• The words I AM are your sacred identification as God- your highest self. Take care how you use this terms because saying anything after I AM that's incongruent with God is really taking the Lord's name in vain!

  Wayne Dyer

  Self, Names, Use

  Wayne W. Dyer (2012). “Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting”, p.78, Hay House, Inc

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• Take care with your words, Jacquetta, especially in cursing. Only say the things you mean, make sure you lay your curse on the right man. For be very sure that when you put such words out in the world they can overshoot-like an arrow, a curse can go beyond your target and harm another. A wise woman curses very sparingly.

  Philippa Gregory

  Wise, Mean, Men

  Philippa Gregory (2013). “The Lady of the Rivers”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• If it is right for me, it is right. It is possible that it is wrong for others: let them take care of themselves!

  Max Stirner

  Care, Ifs

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• Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 'Margaret!' Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was the face, almost resting on the table before her. He came close to her. He knelt by her side, to bring his face to a level with her ear; and whispered-panted out the words: — 'Take care. — If you do not speak — I shall claim you as my own in some strange presumptuous way.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Names, Sides, Ears

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.1309, Delphi Classics

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• I am glad,” he said. “They will be able to take care of each other when I am gone, or at least I can hope for it. He says she does not love him, but—surely she will come to love him in time. Will is easy to love, and he has given her his whole heart. I can see it. I hope she will not break it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Doe, Gone

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Princess”, p.288, Simon and Schuster

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• Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.

  Henry Ford

  Men, Thinking, Looks

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• He'd given her his vow: to take care of her, to keep her from hurt or pain, from wanting for anything. Her leaving didn't negate his promises; they weren't conditional.

  Melissa Marr

  Hurt, Pain, Leaving

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• Our task is not to leave a record of what happened on this date for those who will inherit the Earth; history will take care of that.

  Paulo Coelho

  Tasks, Records, Earth

  "Manuscript Found in Accra". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2012.

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• Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

  Jodi Picoult

  Care, Matter, Be Kind

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

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• Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Weed, Kindness, Flower

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• You are mine. Do you hear me? You are mine, Della Sloane. I will take care of you. Nothing is taking you away from me. Nothing.

  Abbi Glines

  Care, Mines

  Abbi Glines (2013). “Twisted Perfection: A Rosemary Beach Novel”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

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• Tatiana, I love you. Do you hear me? I love you like I’ve never loved anyone in my whole life. Now, get up. For me, Tatia. For me, please get up and go take care of your sister. Go on. And I’ll take care of you.” His lips kissed her cheek.

  Paullina Simons

  Love You, Goes On, Care

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• I like Daniel. He takes care of you." I blinked. "Oh my God. Did you really just say that? He takes care of me?" Dad flushed. "I didn't mean it like-" "Takes care of me? Did I go to sleep and wake up in the nineteenth century?" I looked down at my jeans and T-shirt. "Ack! I can't go to school like this. Where's my corset? My bonnet?" Dad sighed as Mom walked in with her empty teacup. "What did I miss?" She said. "Dad's trying to marry me off to Daniel." I looked at him. "You know, if you offer him a new truck for a dowry, he might go for it.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Mom, Dad, Mean

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• People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don't mind being told what to do.

  Patrick Ness

  People, Worry, Mind

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• I know it's not fair to ask you to be with me when we can't even sleep in the same bed, but I'll love you better than anyone else could. I'll take care of you and make you happy. I know I can.

  Sylvia Day

  Love You, Sleep, Bed

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.696, Penguin

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• You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt, and always rush to their side with Band-Aids, they won't learn about life, and what is true, what works, what helps, and what are real consequences of certain kinds of behavior. When they do get hurt, which they will, they won't know how to take care of their grown selves. They won't even know where the aspirin is kept.

  Anne Lamott

  Letting Go, Hurt, Children

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