#imp

At the dawn of the second decade of the Twenty First Century, masculinity has been rendered so self-conscious in our mediated, mirrored world that even ‘regular guys’ are apparently just a fashion fad – this season’s accessory. ↗

— Mark Simpson

#men #metrosexual #metrosexy #retrosexual #men

The arrogance and brutality of empire are not repealed when they temporarily get deployed in a just cause. ↗

— Michael Kazin

#arrogance #brutality #imperialism #united-states #war

I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them. ↗

— Shirley Rousseau Murphy

#humane #impulse #kittens #money

Tightwaddery without creativity is deprivation. When there is a lack of resourcefulness, inventiveness, and innovation, thrift means doing without. When creativity combines with thrift you may be doing it without money, but you are not doing without. ↗

— Amy Dacyczyn

#voluntary-simplicity #money

The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense of others. Period. ↗

— Amy Dacyczyn

#voluntary-simplicity #money

Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. ↗

— Robert Frost

#nature #poem #nature

I tell you, money can't build your spire for you. Build it of gold and it would simply sink deeper. ↗

— William Golding

#impossibility #money #power #money

When healthy competition prevails -- you come out to play and you play to win. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#motivation #success-self-improvement #the-win #motivational

Our shortcomings drive us, motivate us – to work harder or realize another purpose/talent. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#motivational #success-self-improvement #work-ethic #motivational

It sounds like a lot when you summarize it, but I don't do all of it every day. If you want to know the truth, most days I feel like I'm miserably behind and only doing about half of what I should be doing. But when you look back you can see that you're building something. I think people who say 'Don't look back' are crazy. I wouldn't survive if I weren't looking back and patting myself on the back all the time for making it this far. ↗

— Charity Shumway

#self-awareness #self-improvement #self-motivation #success #success-self-improvement