Adelmans Quotes & Sayings

How many people ever get a chance to do something that they really believe in? — Terry Fox

One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

The next person who says "I'm sorry" is going to get punched in the nose. Because "I'm sorry" doesn't do a damn thing except remind me that this can't be fixed. This is my world now. And I don't want it. — Mira Grant

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Guilt is not merely a concern with the past; it is a present-moment immobilization about a past event. And the degree of immobilization can run from mild upset to severe depression. If you are simply learning from your past, and vowing to avoid the repetition of some specific behavior, this is not guilt. You experience guilt only when you are prevented from taking action now as a result of having behaved in a certain way previously. Learning from your mistakes is healthy and a necessary part of growth. Guilt is unhealthy because you are ineffectively using up your energy in the present feeling hurt, upset and depressed about a historical happening. And it's futile as well as unhealthy. No amount of guilt can ever undo anything. — Wayne W. Dyer

Some people simply use their faith as a lexicon of behavioral reasoning; without that they would be forced to face their own moral and ethical failings honestly according to a secular code of right and wrong. — Deborah Feldman

I don't know enough to be a feminist." Or even "I'm not smart enough to be a feminist." It breaks my heart. — Gloria Steinem

Chaos erupted, but Magnus's darkest imaginings had been proved wrong. When the fight was joined, there were Shadowhunters on his side, fighting with him against Shadowunters, fighting for Downworlders and the Accords of peace they had all agreed to. — Cassandra Clare

You have gone once more to the seashore
and this time you have looked at the horizon
with a fugitive's lust.
You have asked yourself with sadness
who in Ithaca would notice your absence:
the sea toward which you always look,
the heavens you never question,
the land that waits for you assuredly. — Francisca Aguirre

A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate. — Anonymous