Advaning Quotes & Sayings

She's my mother. I'm not sure you get the same kind of unconditional love in your life from anyone but a mother. — Barbara Delinsky

Recently in Washington, unfortunately, we have seen examples of the wrong kind of leadership
when politicians choose scorched earth over common ground, when they operate in what I call the 'evidence-free zone,' with ideology trumping everything else. — Hillary Clinton

A missionary church cannot rely on the professional ministry for the primary work of mission. The role of the laity is critical because it is the lay members of the church who have the greatest contact with those who are outside of the normal structures of church life. In such a situation the task of clergy is not so much to engage in mission themselves, as to support the laity in their mission. — Martin Robinson

Billy had a framed prayer on his office wall which expressed his method for keeping going, even though he was unenthusiastic about living. A lot of patients who saw the prayer on Billy's wall told him that it helped them to keep going, too. It went like this: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference." Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future. — Kurt Vonnegut

If we do not allow free thinking in chemistry or biology, why should we allow it in morals or politics? — Auguste Comte

A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge. — Plato

Last night I was stupid. I was still a little bit scared, but I'm not now. I'm over it and I want, I want... I want you! — S.J. McCoy

I had no way of knowing that resisting grief also meant resisting life. — J.L. Mac

He showed his daughter how to use cushions to vary his position and relieve the monotony of pressure that corrupts the flesh, but he made her leave the room for all those tasks which would normally fall to the lot of a woman, and which show the greatest love. — Louis De Bernieres

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.
But not anymore. — Alexandra Bracken

We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games. — Steve Yzerman

Secrets bind and separate in strict accordance with who's in them . — Lionel Shriver