#willingness

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#first step #forgive #forgiveness #step #willingness

I knew if I stayed where I was, nothing would get better; nothing would change. If I wanted to ease the pain, I had to try something different. ↗

— Sharon E. Rainey

#change

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#alone #believe #everyone #i #i do

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#attractive #certain #confidence #dark #dark hair

I've worked on films where the budgets are almost limitless and you're in trailers that are bigger than a hotel room. You're taken care of and the food is amazing, the quality of the job is amazing and then you work on smaller things but it never dictates my happiness or my willingness to go to work. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#amazing #bigger #budgets #care #dictates

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#conversation #courage #go #go for it #just

Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. ↗

— Michael Novak

#happiness #love #love is #sacrifice #willingness

Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#alone #live #must #nothing #obsessively

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

#capacities #compete #continual #democratic #exchange

At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relationships required to govern in era of polarization? ↗

— Ron Fournier

#build #era #fitness #govern #his