African Americans Aging Quotes & Sayings

Charisma on stage is not necessarily evidence of the Holy Spirit. — Andy Stanley

I was born upon thy bank, river, My blood flows in thy stream, And thou meanderest forever, At the bottom of my dream. — Henry David Thoreau

A film engages you emotionally and intellectually. — Irrfan Khan

It's a good excuse, though, orphanhood. It explains everything - every mistake and wrong turn. As Sherlock Holmes declared. She had no mother to advise her. How we long for it, that lack of advice! Imprudence could have been ours. Passionate affairs. Reckless adventures. Of course we're grateful for our stable upbringings, our hordes of informative relatives, our fleece-lined advantages, our lack of dramatic plots. But there's a corner of envy in us all the same. Why doesn't anything of interest happen to us, coddled as we are? Why do the orphans get all the good lines? — Margaret Atwood

Contentment ... is the soul's enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding. — Arthur W. Pink

And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire. — Tanya Tucker

If you find yourself protecting anyone as you write this piece, remember this: You're not doing it right. — Elizabeth Strout

We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power. — Walter Russell Mead

Be the celebrators, celebrate! Already there is too much - the flowers have bloomed, the birds are singing, the sun is there in the sky - celebrate it! You are breathing and you are alive and you have consciousness, celebrate it! — Osho

Be patient, hand," he said. "I do this for you. — Ernest Hemingway,

I don't want to coach too far into my 60s. By then, I'll be playing golf four or five times a week. — Steve Spurrier

Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. — Carroll Quigley

People should die, only when they're alone. Or when they hate - not when they love. — Erich Maria Remarque

I'm most endeared to the fact that they used gifts and talents that were taught to them by other enterprising women who looked just like them. These are gifts and talents they brought with them from Africa and other distant shores. These were gifts and talents women used to appease their owners, and make their lives comfortable. These were gifts and talents used to fuel economies and for building communities. In one book I read, nickels from the sale of chicken eggs paid the college tuition of three children. — Robin Caldwell

It was so good going down, but the aftertaste made you damn near hate it. — Erika Robuck