Al Safadi Sheikh Quotes & Sayings

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. — Confucius

No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Fear is a cruel master, but hope die a hard death. — Lalita Tademy

The heart of the problem, I soon came to understand, was that with Pablo there must always be a victor and a vanquished. I could not be satisfied with being a victor, nor, I think, could anyone who is emotionally mature. There was nothing gained by being vanquished either, because with Pablo, the moment you were vanquished he lost all interest. Since I loved him, I couldn't afford to be vanquished. What does one do in a dilemma like that? — Francoise Gilot

You can decide to get bitter, or you can decide to get better. The choice is yours. — Gabriella Gill

The past is fractal premonition, infinite to the eye but nothing to be built on ... — Lawrence Krauser

Do me a favor? Be a gentleman tomorrow? — Cora Carmack

I think statues are great; they show what great people would look like if a bird sh*t all over them. — Demetri Martin

Suffering is optional. You're gonna have some pain but it doesn't have to make you suffer. — Jhene Aiko

Fall leaves are brilliant with gold and red. You can cup them in your hand and wonder at them, be amazed at their uniqueness and glory. But eventually they are gone, brown, crumbling, scattered on the wind. But the tree remains. The tree is what is important. The tree lives on. That was a difficult knowledge to bear, and an even more difficult life to live. Of course, being the leaf wasn't exactly desirable either. — Rob Thurman

Louis and Regina found a tiny apartment on Eldridge Street, on Manhattan's Lower East Side, for $8 a month. Louis then took to the streets, looking for work. He saw peddlers and fruit sellers and sidewalks crammed with pushcarts. The noise and activity and energy dwarfed what he had known in the Old World. He was first overwhelmed, then invigorated. He went — Malcolm Gladwell

The fleas would jump and jump to heights unknown. Then a man came along and upturned a glass jar over the fleas. The fleas jumped and hit the top of the jar and could go no farther. Then the man removed the jar and yet the fleas did not jump higher than they had grown accustomed, because they believed there to still be a glass ceiling. — Pierce Brown