Up To You Quotes - Page 8

• Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

  Robert Orben

  Inspirational, Funny, Time

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• I believe God's keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can't give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it's peace or joy or satisfaction.

  Joel Osteen

  Believe, Giving, Joy

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• Imagine you're a forty-year-old, Richard," Hamilton said to me around this time, while working as a salesman at a Radio Shack in Lynn Valley,"and suddenly somebody comes up to you saying, 'Hi, I'd like you to meet Kevin. Kevin is eighteen and will be making all of your career decisions for you.' I'd be flipped out. Wouldn't you? But that's what life is all about - some eighteen-year-old kid making your big decisions for you that stick for a lifetime." He shuddered.

  Douglas Coupland

  Kids, Years, Careers

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• Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.

  Janette Rallison

  Has Beens

  Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.65, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I will not propose to you that my way is best. The decision is up to you. If you find some point which may be suitable to you, then you can carry out experiments for yourself. If you find that it is of no use, then you can discard it.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Decision, Use

  Dalai Lama XIV (2002). “Illustrated Teachings of the Dalai Lama”

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• It’s up to you to fill it. Find things that mean something to you, that represent times where you’ve overcome an obstacle, learned something important. Put those items in the bag and they’ll help you find your strength.’ ‘I’m not sure if that’s going to help much.’ Unless I put a brick in it and nail Brandy between the eyes.

  Jana Oliver

  Mean, Eye, Important

  Jana Oliver (2013). “Demon Trappers 1-3: Forsaken, Forbidden, Forgiven”, p.207, Pan Macmillan

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• Dear Alec and Magnus, How are you? Everything's just fine here. Thanks for you postcard with the picture of the Taj Mahal. It looks nice. Disregard my last few postcards. I see I overdid it. To make it up to you, I'm going to redecorate Magnus's loft for free. -Izzy

  Cassandra Clare

  Nice, Taj Mahal, Looks

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• The dead are hard to look at. Their faces shimmer. They all look slightly angry or confused. they will come up to you and speak, but their voices sound like chatter, like bats twittering. Once they realize you can't understand them, they frown and move away. The dead aren't scary. They're just sad.

  Rick Riordan

  Confused, Moving, Voice

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• The reward is in the risk. You can’t stay hidden inside Grandpa’s overprotective cloak forever. You’ve seemed like you needed to grow out of that for a while. Mom and Dad going away, and the red notebook, these things just helped. Now it’s up to you to

  Rachel Cohn

  Notebook, Mom, Dad

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.212, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• It’s up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.

  David Levithan

  Fate, Lilies

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• Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

  Jeannette Walls

  Inspirational, Motivational, Horse

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• That's another thing," she said. "You no longer need other people in your life once you have found your true love. No wonder Magnus feels he cannot open up to you, when you rely so heavily upon these other people. When love is true, you should meet each other people. When love is true, you should meet each other's every desire, every need - A re you listening, young A lexander? For my advice is precious, and not given often.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love Is, People, Advice

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• There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are. You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you. How you carry yourself, what you stand for--that's how you gain respect. But, little one, ain't nobody's respect worth more than your own.

  Mildred D. Taylor

  Hands, World, Demand

  Mildred D. Taylor (2004). “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.128, Penguin

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• I don't want to beg or promise you things I can't give you. There isn't much of me to give, but what I have is yours. This is all up to you, Sadie. If you want me, I'm yours. If you can't do this, then I'll walk away and leave you alone. I swear.

  Abbi Glines

  Giving, Promise, Want

  Abbi Glines (2013). “Breathe”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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• The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.

  Chris Gardner

  Inspirational, Pursuit Of Happiness, Oysters

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• What’s important is that you make the leap. Jump high and hard with intention and heart. Pay no mind to the vision that the commission made up. It’s up to you to make your life. Take what you have and stack it up like a tower of teetering blocks. Build your dream around that.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Dream, Block, Heart

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.90, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The realization of what would happen next settled gradually over Harry in the long minutes, like softly falling snow. "I've got to go back, haven't I?" "That is up to you." "I've got a choice?" "Oh yes." Dumbledore smiled at him. "We are in King's Cross, you say? I think that if you decided not to go back, you would be able to…let's say…board a train." "And where would it take me?" "On," said Dumbledore simply.

  J. K. Rowling

  Kings, Fall, Thinking

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• I can only tell my story, what you believe is up to you.

  Yann Martel

  Believe, Stories, I Can

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• Anyway, there's something wrong with everybody and it's up to you to know what you can handle.

  Annie Proulx

  Handle, Knows

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• Thinking. This book contains some. Whether you try it at home is up to you.

  Terry Pratchett

  Book, Home, Thinking

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• I want to moan and writhe with you and I want to go up to you and kiss your mouth and pull you to me and say "I love you I love you I love you" while stripping. I want you so bad it stings.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Love You, Kissing, Mouths

  "The Rules of Attraction". www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• I opened up to you and you judge me

  Matthew Quick

  Judging, Judge Me, Silver

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• I didn't show up here to give your life purpose now that your life's over. That's up to you to figure out.

  Rick Yancey

  Giving, Purpose, Figures

  Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.160, Penguin

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• You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden and master the art of gardening. In each one of us there are flowers and there is also garbage. The garbage is the anger, fear, discrimination, and jealousy within us. If you water the garbage, you will strengthen the negative seeds. If you water the flowers of compassion, understanding, and love, you will strengthen the positive seeds. What you grow is up to you.

  Nhat Hanh

  Art, Buddhist, Flower

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• Always leave people with a solution; the heaven if you do versus the hell if you don't. If you're really skillful you can put the person into the future solution. Shoaff used to say, 'Jim, I can see you now in your new clothes, in your new home, in your new car. I can see others walking up to you.' The Promise of the Future is an Awesome Force!

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Home

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