Abu Yahya Quotes & Sayings

The energy of college football rivals that of a live performance for me. I am an extremely analytical guy and predicting these games is right up my alley, especially with a little luck thrown in. It is even more fun when I am winning and I have to say, I have fared quite well in my predictions. — Rodney Atkins

I am happy to experience beauty of each season; spring time, summer, autumn and winter. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are? — Bill Watterson

I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time. — Michael Stuhlbarg

Look, how they scold me for all my loving and tippling, now that the silvery edges shine forth from my brow! — Abu Yahya Al-Libi

What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim] grew really slowly and very consistently throughout the years before we decided to get into a studio together, I wasn't sure if he wanted to do songs that were pre-written or what. We didn't know what we were getting into. — Kevin Drew

Love is the grand motive of the plan of salvation; it is the source of happiness, the ever-renewing spring of healing, the precious fountain of hope. As we extend our hands and hearts toward others in Christlike love, something wonderful happens to us. Our own spirits become healed, more refined, and stronger. We become happier, more peaceful, and more receptive to the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant. — Robin Sharma

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. — Olusegun Obasanjo

The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect effect on me. — J.I. Packer

If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities. — Henry Mintzberg

A lot will be lost that way, of course.
But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up under them. — Ray Bradbury

I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while. — Vida Blue

I considered my home sanctuary from the judicial arena, far from the Fernoza Family legacy, and I had no intention of sharing it with anyone. — A.E.H. Veenman

Using predictive models from engineering and public health, designers will plan safer, healthier cities that could allow us to survive natural disasters, pandemics, and even a radiation calamity that drives us underground. — Annalee Newitz

A Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, came to America more than a century ago and made some astute observations about the American way. He said that we have a misleading idea at the very head of our Constitution: the pursuit of happiness. One can not pursue happiness; if he does he obscures it. If he will proceed with the human task of life, the relocation of the center of gravity of the personality to something greater outside itself, happiness will be the outcome. — Karl Marlantes