Amanda Hocking Quotes

I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it.

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.

It was obvious that the matter had to be settled, and evasions were distasteful to me.

You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get it. Then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.

When the scope of the problem seems insuperable, isn't it time to call this one, give it up, and get on with life as we know it. I do know that answer to that one: that's called child abuse. When my teenager worries that her generation won't be able to fix this problem, I have to admit to her that it won't be up to her generation. It's up to mine. This is a now-or-never kind of project.

When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape.

We must carry things beyond conversation to conclusion.

I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

If you didn't have a choice, you had to make a choice. If you didn't have options, you made some. You couldn't just let this world happen to you... he didn't see eternity. He saw this girl and this moment and this one slim chance.

Sometimes you have to learn how to give the right answer to the wrong question.

Kitty: I thought your ladyship was ill. I wanted to help you. Lady deWinter: I ill? Do you take me for a weak woman? When I am insulted I do not feel ill - I avenge myself. Do you hear?

I won't be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I've always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.

Many people say, "Well, I'd love to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life." They're paralyzed by the fear that they don't know exactly how to turn their dreams into reality. And as a result, they never make the decisions that could make their lives into the masterpieces they deserve to be. I'm here to tell you that it's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what.

My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.

I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.

If you have not done so yet, decide to decide.

Once you have made a careful decision based on facts, go into action. Don't stop to reconsider. Don't begin to hesitate, worry, and retrace your steps. Don't lose yourself in self-doubting which begets other doubts. Don't keep looking back over your shoulder.

Never waste a good crisis.

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.

When you're up against a trouble, meet it squarely, face to face. Lift your chin and set your shoulders, plant your feet and take a brace. When it's vain to try to dodge it, do the best that you can do. You may fail, but you may conquer. See it through!

Courage and confidence are what decision making is all about.

He stands up for himself. He's a fighter. That's who my father is.

There's a point when you go with what you've got. Or you don't go.