957 quotes found
“Our past doesn’t define us, rather, it’s the courses we take after that tells us who we really are.”
“Think of who has shaped your life and where you have come now in the present.”
“It’s easy to be a Christian when you’re living the perfect life. It’s easy to live a perfect life when God seems to be showering you with blessings.”
“We can’t spend our lives wondering, ‘what if?’ We must simply make the best of what we have. -Lady Mary Wynne-Jones”
“The past is a shadow, so I hid in the darkness. Little did I know I was made myself the unsuspecting prey of unseen predator. For only in light can you can you see what is dark.”
“Life is just packed full of memories, the more memories you create, the richer your life becomes !J Moulds”
“If you hold a bird too tightly, you'll crush its wings”
“Life's choices are wild and free, but sustaining and elevating, or destructive and debilitating. It's up to us to choose.”
“I had to learn what my grandfather and mother knew about some of this journey’s problems. My job was to sit back and let the Lord work it out according to His will. That’s the best way —always!”
“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep ...”
“This is for all the people I’ll never meet. This is for the person I might have kissed had I taken a different subway line on Saturday and the person I might have been if that boy hadn’t broken my ...”
“If you want self-esteem.” “Do estimable acts” ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir”
“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
“I loved him even now, as he took a knife to my throat, as I drowned in blood, as I whispered "Cousin, you were wrong. We were born to live.”
“How can you tell a man there’s nothing to do? I can’t imagine a situation in which there could ever be nothing to do! Do it for mankind and don’t worry about the rest. There’s so much to do that a ...”
“Never miss an opportunity to learn another life skill. Just because you are an author or a doctor does not mean that you cannot learn carpentry, auto mechanics,electrical wiring, farming, or any ot...”
“Of all the Wonders in the World, the greatest wonder of all, was sharing it with you.”