Abdul Qadir Al Jailani Quotes & Sayings

The lack of culpability of the perpetrator and his or her transference of blame onto alcohol or other substances only perpetuates the violent behaviors. — Asa Don Brown

I am you, Umasi, and I am weak." the shadow spun around and began walking away. "In the end, either you will conquer me ... or I will conquer you. — Isamu Fukui

I hate goofballs. — Sargent Shriver

It gets to painful. You give too much, they take too much, or not enough, and suddenly you find yourself emptied out and open handed, grabbing for some more. — Kate Tempest

So many wants distract man from his divine purpose. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When I work I am pure as an angel tiger and clear is my eye and hot my brain and silent all the whining grunting piglets of the appetites. — Marge Piercy

I am not a gentle man," Richard said, against her mouth. "Uh-huh," she said as he lifted her in his arms. "Nor am I a practiced lover," he said as he carried her across the room. "Nobody's perfect," she managed as he lowered her to the bed. "But I do love you," he said as he stretched out next to her and leaned over her. "And I will give you the best that I have. — Lynn Kurland

I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. I'm not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts. And I'm certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions. — Rowan Atkinson

Machines never made mankind happy and never will make. He who is trying to make us believe this will claim that happiness is in the machine; but it is always in the mind. That man alone who is the lord of his mind can become happy, and none else. And what, after all, is this power of machinery? Why should a man who can send a current of electricity through a wire be called a very great man and a very intelligent man? Does not nature do a million times more than that every moment? Why not then fall down and worship nature? What avails it if you have power over the whole of the world, if you have mastered every atom in the universe? That will not make you happy unless you have the power of happiness in yourself, until you have conquered yourself. — Swami Vivekananda

I was an only child of a father who loved me deeply, but we didn't play catch, even though I was an athlete. We didn't go fishing or hunting or any of the things I wanted to do. Why not? He just didn't do that. — Charlie Rose

Relinquish the notion of lost opportunity and try on a new reality:
"Where I am is where I'm supposed to be. — Gina Greenlee

Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options. — Jeremy Jackson

I just watched you bend over a pool table in those ridiculously tight jeans. Over. And over. You think I could stop at kissing? — Tessa Bailey