Appertaining Def Quotes & Sayings

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling. — Woodrow Wilson

I grew tired of life.
Life is the dash between one problem
To another.
But when I started to love those problems with care,
life offered me joy and more to care and share. — Debasish Mridha

You only have one go at life, which is thrilling. Only you can make yourself into who you want to be. Don't blame anybody else. You are entitled to free fresh air, and that's it. Do the rest yourself. — Joanna Lumley

Having seen and felt the end, you have willed the means to the realization of the end. — Thomas Troward

Moonlight signifies a time when there is hope in darkness, but you have to focus on that hope. — Therese May

Fear is the penalty of consciousness forced to stare at itself. — Frank Herbert

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too. — Helen Hayes

Heroes do not dwell in a time of peace; heroes are hardened in a kiln against the sorrows. Their troubles sharpen the blade and make it gleaming. The glint becomes a brightness that is raised high on a hill, allowing women and men to see beyond themselves. For light swallows darkness. Truth buries death. Heroes are not born. They are filled by Music. — David Paul Kirkpatrick

Unlike other young actors I've worked with who will remain nameless, Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry would never go out partying after work, but would immediately hunker down to start working on the reams of labyrinthine dialogue they had to navigate for the next day's work. — Mark Waters

They were dressed in black, silent, and dry-eyed, as befits the norms of sadness in a country accustomed to the dignity of grief — Isabel Allende

One who loves his community destroys community; one who loves its members builds community. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer