54 Anniversary Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose - the eye sheds a tear to find its focus. — Robert Breault

That is the honest nature of friendship. That is when it becomes sincere, and not self-serving. — R.A. Salvatore

A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as if my body has been meant and made for the act of kneeling. Sometimes, in moments of deep gratitude, kneeling down becomes an overwhelming urge, head deeply bowed, hands before my face. — Etty Hillesum

Do not fall in love;
walk towards it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The literary man re-reads, other men simply read. — C.S. Lewis

Popular broadcast shows and movies have their closed captions stripped when they go to the Internet. — Marlee Matlin

Use the technology which the engineer as developed, but use it with a humble and questioning spirit. Never allow technology to be your master, and never use it to gain mastery over others. — Marina Lewycka

Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors
is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling. This great road has no final destination. The journey itself is the reward. — Alan Kay

When you start writing about the stuff that is the central experience of your own life, you can talk about whatever you want, in whatever way you want. — Salman Rushdie

As a magistrate his methods were simple. Even for the vastest bribe he would never sell the decision of a case, because he knew that a magistrate who gives wrong judgments is caught sooner or later. His practice, a much safer one, was to take bribes from both sides and then decide the case on strictly legal grounds. This won him a useful reputation for impartiality. — George Orwell

Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed. — Calvin Coolidge

What happened to me separates me from the normal world in a negative way. Like a handicap or disfiguring deformity, it's too horrible for some people to deal with, and it makes them uncomfortable whenever they're around me. ~Leigh Byrne, Call Me Tuesday — Leigh Byrne

What's most important is to have the desire - and a strategy and structure to make it happen. If you have that, you can take your company to new heights with explosive growth, and you can do it with a minimum amount down, and perhaps not even a dollar out-of-pocket. — John Bly

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order. — Jawaharlal Nehru