#needles

My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#asthma #attitude #become #caused #condition

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. ↗

— Edwin Way Teale

#eliminating #labors #life #needless #reduce

You're a bad person, Ellie," he said without a trace of irony. "I'm not bad. The world is bad and I'm just trying to survive in it. ↗

— Karina Halle

#sins-needles #artists

Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#addicted #am #cat #christmas #christmas time

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#blood #chief #fat #heart #increases

A tremendous amount of needless pain and suffering can be eliminated by ensuring that health insurance is universally available. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#available #eliminated #ensuring #health #health insurance

Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering. ↗

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

#anything #because #dream #immune #needless

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. ↗

— Aristotle

#certain #conditions #crises #danger #does

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ↗

— Helen Keller

#carpet #grass #lush #luxurious #me

Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet. ↗

— Pam Brown

#feet #jaws #kittens #needles #soft