29549707 Quotes & Sayings

I prayed hard and only gradually became aware that this fierce praying was a way of finding prologue and entrance into my own writing. This came as both astonishment and relief. When I thought God had abandoned me, I discovered that He had simply given me a different voice to praise the inexhaustible beauty of the made world. — Pat Conroy

In short, I didn't become a Christian because God promised I would have an even happier life than I had as an atheist. He never promised any such thing. Indeed, following him would inevitably bring divine demotions in the eyes of the world. Rather, I became a Christian because the evidence was so compelling that Jesus really is the one-and-only Son of God who proved his divinity by rising from the dead. That meant following him was the most rational and logical step I could possibly take. — Lee Strobel

I used to come to practice and go through the motions. I don't do that anymore. I look forward to practices. I even enjoy the windsprints. — Carson Palmer

A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy. — John Wilkes

I'm Ulster Presbyterian. We understand the need to work hard from an early age. — James Nesbitt

I grew up in the Fifties, and the majority of people in my class had fathers living at home. I was very aware that I was in the minority. I had a foreign name, and my daddy didn't come and pick me up from school. I felt like an outsider, which probably helped me as an actress. — Cherie Lunghi

It is a good thing to have had a friend, even if one is about to die. I, for instance, am very glad to have had a fox as a friend . — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Good-bye...if we meet... — Mark Twain

When we're anxious, disconnected, vulnerable, alone, and feeling helpless, the booze and food and work and endless hours online feel like comfort, but in reality they're only casting their long shadows over our lives. — Brene Brown

If we can understand each other, then is anything really beyond our reach? — Pearl North

I think we have to reflect on a treaty change that would permit more than surveillance,
with recommendations and appropriate sanctions. When recommendations are not followed and sanctions prove ineffective, European institutions should have the capacity to impose the necessary decisions on a particular country. — Jean-Claude Trichet

This is the only country in the world where today's employee, is tomorrow's employer. — Marco Rubio

I don't separate one era of jazz from another, because I listen to everybody ... Everybody takes from everybody else and adds their own thing and goes on from there. — Sonny Criss