Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barry Lopez

You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.

Barry Lopez

There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions.

Barry Lopez

If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox.

C. S. Lewis

Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are rats in a cellar, you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats; it only prevents them from hiding. In the same way the suddenness of the provocation does not make me ill tempered; it only shows me what an ill-tempered man I am.

Charles R. Swindoll

Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.

Blaise Pascal

All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.

Benjamin Disraeli

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Calvin Coolidge

America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.

Deepak Chopra

No matter what the situation is...close your eyes and think of all the things you could be grateful for in your life right now.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I didn’t accept your sacrifice. I turned it down.” I felt a small Oh form at my mouth, but it never quite made it past my lips. “Are you saying you gave up getting a human body for me?

Becca Fitzpatrick

Religion?” I asked more firmly. Patch dragged a hand thoughtfully along the line of his jaw. “Not religion … cult.” “You belong to a cult?” I realized too late that while I sounded surprised, I shouldn’t have. “As it turns out, I’m in need of a healthy female sacrifice. I’d planned on luring her into trusting me first, but if you’re ready now …

C. S. Lewis

When God becomes a Man and lives as a creature among His own creatures in Palestine, then indeed His life is one of supreme self-sacrifice and leads to Calvary.

Ashton Kutcher

If you really want to make a relationship work, at some point in time, you're going to have to make some sacrifices and do some things that are a little bit uncomfortable.

Granth Sahib

I am devoted, dedicated, a sacrifice to Your Name.

Anton LaVey

Those that would say Satanist would like to kill animal's, sacrifice animals I would say they would make ideal animal sacrifices, I love animals and animals have always been part of me.

Max Cleland

He has not suffered. He has not sacrificed for his country, and he doesn't understand those who have.

Al Gore

The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains.

Charles Darwin

Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t is summed up in that short but imperious word ought, so full of high significance. It is the most noble of all the attributes of man, leading him without a moment's hesitation to risk his life for that of a fellow-creature; or after due deliberation, impelled simply by the deep feeling of right or duty, to sacrifice it in some great cause.

Michael Long

Part of this process is looking at the older kids and giving them an opportunity to see what is actually needed to succeed in the AFL.

Marty Schottenheimer

Our offensive line is not giving him a lot of space.

Steve King

Our misdirection stuff was working well, ... We still want to be want to be balanced, but you have to take what they're giving you, too.

Dan Moore

People lead by giving. Giving is power for communities and individuals.

Jim Timon

People just love to be immersed in a frightening Halloween experience. They love giving up that control.

Michele Johnson

Steve-O and Jackie were very loving, very giving people.

Howie Dickenman

Steadiness. Lenny's not going to make a lot of mistakes. And he can hit shots and play defense. He's giving us a lift.

Jeri Porter

Stephens has stepped up and done a real nice job giving us a really good low-post presence.

Tanis Ybarra

Some of these organizers are green. And when I say green, I mean totally green. We're giving them a class. Organizing 101. By the seat of the pants and the grace of God.