Acikli Quotes & Sayings

And it is then, when The Cause, with its greedy mouth, tries to take more from you, tries to take that part of you that you cannot give away, it is only then that you realize all of your sacrifices have been for nothing. You have given yourself to a fraud. And what is left to replace what has been taken is not a hero's pride, but a bitter emptiness that sours even that last little core of yourself that you cling to. This is the destiny of the man who serves, the man who stands for others. This is the lot of the ones who go out to confront the wolf. This is the disillusionment of all those who protect the flock. This is their secret: that they have allowed their instincts to be used, not for the protection of others, but for the gain of a few. And their "honor" is a monument to the ashes of all those little pieces of themselves that they never got back. — D.J. Molles

I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories. — Simon Baker

The best news in the world is that there is no conflict between your greatest possible happiness and God's perfect holiness. Being satisfied with all that God is for you in Jesus magnifies him as the greatest treasure and brings you more joy
eternal, infinite joy
than any other delight ever could. — John Piper

Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn't fit this description. — Joni Eareckson Tada

The way he's lit right now, it's like he's glowing. Radiating. And when he smiles in my direction, it's hard to see anything else. — Kathryn Holmes

At our best and most fortunate we make pictures because of what stands before our camera, to honor what is greater and more interesting than we are. We never accomplish this perfectly, though in return we are given something perfect
a sense of inclusion. Our subject thus redefines us, and is part of the biography by which we want to be known. — Robert Adams

every day. Two weeks ago the Boones came down with a summer flu. They had fevers, were lethargic, and had no appetite. — Brad Manuel

I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity. — Harrison Ford

He just wanted to see it. From afar. To see what might have been, what he was glad hadn't been. But maybe should have been. — Julia Quinn

I think of the 'Hobbit' films as being films for the family. — Evangeline Lilly

Really, then, our problem is not weakness, but independence! And in covenant, you die to independent living. — Kay Arthur