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But instead of feeling safe and secure behind their armed walls they found themselves trapped in the prison they had built with their own fears. — Katie J. Davis

Because love does not do sums, but instead make choices, and then gives its all. — Tad Williams

If life hands you a lemon, don't complain, but instead make lemonade to sell those who are thirsty from complaining. — Napoleon Hill

The nobility which exists within any cause is to be found not in any achievement, but instead within the struggle. — Derek R. Audette

Stars shine. This is self evident. What is not so evident however is the fact that it is not a passive activity but instead an active one. — Charles Michael Landry

Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account! — Epictetus

mama, you taught me to look pretty but i can't anymore, and i am learning that's okay. i am learning to sharpen my teeth and rule kingdoms, instead. — Arlen C.

I tell ya, I could have got some more jobs if I'd tried, but I went to Sweden instead. — Lee Hazlewood

You can look back now and see how you should have known, but you were focusing on the facts instead of the feeling. — Jessica Park

But I want to feel like life matters. I
had something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead. — David Levithan

Is it okay to be a tiny tiny bit tired of Caitlyn? Yes, was very brave but so far he's gone from man to mannequin, instead of man to woman. — Anne Lamott

But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization. — Robert Shea

i was poised for greatness, but the poising game me a cramp so i have instead just settled for comfortable mediocrity... (Vimrod # 4904) — Ralph Lazar

Ah, but I'm wise ," Athena said. "Wise enough to make you do it instead. — Rick Riordan

Muslims cannot be defeated by others. We Muslims are not defeated by our enemies, but instead, we are defeated by our own selves. — Sheikh Abdullah

If you are possessed of Fear, do not waste time trying to "kill out" Fear, but instead cultivate the quality of Courage, and the Fear will disappear. — Three Initiates

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. — Polly Toynbee

IF ANYONE DESERVES TO CARRY A GRUDGE, IT'S CHRIST. BUT INSTEAD, HE CARRIED A CROSS. — Jimmy Wayne

I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you're doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs. — Barbara Bush

It never feels good, but I've had a couple of heartbreakers where I could have won the game, but instead ended the season, ... You learn from that. — Chipper Jones

Don't ever be discouraged with yourself because you have not arrived at success, but instead be pleased that you are pressing toward it. — Joyce Meyer

I tried to get away from him, to get to that door, but instead I backed up against the wall and was stuck there in that white, white room. — Louise Erdrich

They're highborn, all but Blane, they get drunk on words instead of wine. — George R R Martin

But Michael Jackson didn't have perfect diction - He said 'chamone' instead of 'come on'. — Will.i.am

Sinking. Sinking, but instead of feeling panic or anything else, I realized that "Please guys, don't" were terrible last words. — John Green

I put my finger to my lips to shush Jack. He put a finger to his lips, too, but used the middle one instead of the pointer. — Kiersten White

We were tap-dancers but we put more style into it, more bodywork, instead of just footwork. — Harold Nicholas

Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves. — Nouman Ali Khan

Life is like The Muppet Show, but instead of Muppets there's anxiety. — Dana Gould

But I'll tell you the truth: The world needs more peacemaker instead of warmonger. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Creation is not restricted to the artist but instead is about how we bring ourselves authentically into the world both through our doing and being. — Tobin Hart

Prayer isn't where we change God, but He changes us. Instead of praying for OUR desires, let's pray He burden us with HIS. — LeCrae

So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead. — Seth Godin

Do not search for SUCCESS off in the distance, but instead recognize it and grasp it right where you are! — Napoleon Hill

Faith actually moves no mountains, but instead raises them up where there were none before. — Friedrich Nietzsche

We wanted to raise a generation of heretics, but instead we raised a generation of ignoramuses — Berl Katznelson

Racism is not funny, because it won't solve anything, but making it worst instead, because racism is the reason the world is no longer great. — Werley Nortreus

Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself. — Malala Yousafzai

Don't bleach language, savour it instead. Stroke it gently or even groom it, but don't "purify" it. — Roland Barthes

Maybe I couldn't be dafter, But I keep wondering if this time we settle our differences before a war instead of after. — Ogden Nash

I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? You're so lucky! — Rick Riordan

The resurrection is to be like a child, but with a difference. The difference is that we have freedom with wisdom instead of innocence. — Miguel Ruiz

But let's not speak of what might have been. Let us speak instead of what is. You are whole. — Kate DiCamillo

I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful. — James Caan

He knew he should be focusing on her, on comforting her, but he was drowning in her instead. — Airicka Phoenix

At one point in my life, I wanted to do a master's degree in Irish literature, but I ended up getting pregnant instead. — Miriam Toews

I will strive to make this not the highest-spending country in the world, but instead the lowest taxing o-ne. — Stephen Harper

Cities are not static objects to be feared or admired, but are instead a living process that residents are changing all the time. — Annalee Newitz

I was supposed to be on the Tonight Show but I broke my shoulder instead. — Rip Taylor

Let us not look at the talents we wish we had or pine away for the gifts that are not ours but instead do the best we can with what we have. — B.J. Richardson

But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism. — Eric Wright

That moment when a knot forms in your throat, but you choose to throw your head back and laugh instead. — Christy Hall

Why wasn't my time spent helping people instead of a puppy? I don't know and I don't care but at least I saved something. — Jay Kopelman

I tried to scrounge up some awe but only got anxiety instead. — Ilona Andrews

The key to happiness is not to get more, but to enjoy what we have and to fill the empty frame of our lives instead of enlarging it. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

I do not know exactly why, but it seems to me that images do not belong to anybody but are instead there, at the disposal of all. — Maurizio Cattelan

I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead. — Veronica Roth

Who never tried to alter my language, but instead learned to translate the meaning behind my silence. — Claire Contreras

Look, I tried to get a paper route instead, but the newspapers keep burning up on reentry. — Steven Gould

One would think the more obtrusive setting would create the greatest impact, but instead it is the solitude that presses with more force. — Elizabeth Crook

But in dying so suddenly her mother had become a riddle at the gate instead of the road you walked to get there. — Stephanie Kallos

What if our better nature wasn't better after all? But was instead, well, just nature? — Kevin Dutton

The other day I got invited to a party, but I stayed home instead. Just me and my pal Johnny Walker and his brothers Black and Red. — George Thorogood

Being friendzoned is like standing near fire. You stand there to seek some warmth, but get burnt instead. — Toffee

I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet. — Common

We are left at the brink of our future each day and the only real choice we have is not to jump but instead make our path through the briar. — Thomm Quackenbush

Ultimately the love can become so big
that we can love the whole of creation
instead of
'I love this but I don't like that.' — George Harrison

Perhaps our deepest love is already inscribed within us, so its object doesn't create a new word but instead allows us to read the one written. — Anthony Marra

Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead. — Neil Armstrong

The canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings. — Nikos Kazantzakis

But sorrow is unreliable in that way. When people don't share it there's a good chance that it will drive them apart instead. Maybe — Fredrik Backman

Some areas of technology really don't interest me at all, but I welcome anything that makes life easier instead of harder. — Joanne Harris

He got drunk as usual, but instead of drifting to sleep, he stayed up, and at a white heat, wrote what had been sitting on his heart for decades. — Lauren Groff

I don't do much to keep in trim - I try to walk places instead of driving whenever I can, but I really ought to do more. — Robert Webb

Refuse to put others either above you or below you, but instead see them as you. — Pauline Holyoak

That's the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a knife. — Alice Hoffman

As she sustained wound after wound ... the fairy should have fallen, but instead, she danced. This was Titania, the Fairy Queen. — Hiro Mashima

I like to get Honey Combs, and Apple Jax, and Captain Crunch Berries and mix them all together, but I'm freak and I use water instead of milk. — Mark Hoppus

Let me just say that it is super wierd throwing your own bash at a conference instead of just leaching off everyone else's, but hey, free beer, right? — Rob Malda

John could have prevented all of this from happening, but instead chose to educate us through the obscenity of proof. — David Price

To be honest with you, I still eat whatever I want. It's all about portion control. I still love pizza, but instead of eating half, I eat a slice. — Bill Engvall

Had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once. Take — Neil Gaiman

Why do I hunger for significant barometers but find myself tethered to banality instead? — Leslie Jamison

We intend to hide our shortcomings, and the fear inside our hearts, but instead, we hide our beauty, our true selves. — Jo Ann Fore

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? — Angela Carter

I want to kiss you," Nikolai said. "But I won't. Not until you're thinking of me instead of trying to forget him. — Leigh Bardugo

I didn't know you would be here last night, but you were. We can't fight fate. Instead, we must accept that fate has given us a special opportunity. — Lisa See

Active writing should not involve saying things you already understand and know, but instead let you think new things. — Eric Hayot

Absurdity is not an autonomous state; it does not exist in the world, but is instead exhaled from the abyss that divides us from a mute world. — Robert Zaretsky

Contemplating the misfortunes of others does not lighten one's own trouble but instead adds to it. — Mignon G. Eberhart

The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art. — Ernest Becker

We have to stop the idea that we are going to create something out of nothing, but instead attract to ourselves what is already here. — Wayne Dyer

The joy from eating does not come from the exclusivity of the food, but instead from the sensitivity that we eat it with. — Nino Gruettke

The pain has receded but what's left is the shell of pain, an empty space where there should be pain but instead there is the expectation of pain. — Audrey Niffenegger

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well. - EPICTETUS — Jonathan Haidt

But she finds it so difficult to verbalize, Charles dear. It helps her if she can quote instead of working out words of her own. — Madeleine L'Engle

Sobriety is okay enough," Denny says, "but someday, I'd like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff. You know? — Chuck Palahniuk

Instead of worrying about taking, we should worry about giving. We can't stop the take. But we can do a hell of a lot about the give. — Kiera Cass

I'm not sure exactly how...but instead of darkness I saw light. — Rachel E. Carter

That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Knight instead. — George R R Martin