264 ratings (3.89 avg)
0 reviews

Lenora Mcnicholas

Add friend

Lenora’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (36)

currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (262)

Stats | More…

“Life is a difficult matter, and the more a simple man may learn of what greater men have thought, and taught, have spoken and have written, the better can he cope with any sort of life.”
― Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Sojourner

5 likes

“If a man can hear the truth he's spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools..........”
― Kipling Rudyard, The Jungle Book

15 likes

“My mother—with all the embarrassment and hurt that she caused me in my youth—ended up giving me the drive and the fire I needed to be more and to do more.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

tags: ambitions, dream, driven, family, growth, hopeful-love, love, motivating, teaching

251 likes

“Yeah. I’m an asshole. But I promise you, when the shit rolls downhill and you need someone with a shovel, I’m an asshole who can get the job done.”
― Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire

tags: change, confidence, courage, curiosity, exciting, exploration, faith, fast-paced, fear, hope

169 likes

“Water continued to explain about the life of the tree. “Trees can be as big below the ground as they are above it. And there are mother trees in the forests—these are the oldest trees. They have the most connections with the other trees. Trees communicate with each other and look after the young trees by sending them nutrients through their roots.”
― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water