Appreciatio Quotes & Sayings

I'll always say my prayers ... and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me. — Johanna Spyri

Any effect, constant, theorem or equation named after Professor X was first discovered by Professor Y , for some value of Y not equal to X. — John C. Baez

If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track which has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one that you ARE living. — Joseph Campbell

As a cartoonist, I am not interested in defending the dominant, the powerful, the well-resourced and the well-armed because such groups are usually not in need of advocacy, moral support or sympathetic understanding; they have already organised sufficient publicity for themselves and prosecute their points of view with great efficiency. — Michael Leunig

Great grace is the power of great thanks. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We want a macho high-earner - with the sensitivity of Gok Wan. We want a man with Brad Pitt's six-pack - but one who's prepared to overlook our own muffin top. No wonder most men don't know if they're coming or going. — Jojo Moyes

If they say you are good, you have to follow their rules to remain good. — Osho

In preschool, when somebody hurts us, the teacher sees to it that the person who hurt us apologizes. It is ingrained in us from a very early age that inflicted pain or wrongdoing or unfairness should and will be corrected. Note the passive phrasing: "be corrected." We will not, as children, take control and make sure these amends are delivered in a timely fashion. — Augusten Burroughs

And to the casual observer it looks like I have moved on since I go around wearing my little happy mask all day. I smile and laugh and carry on like my heart's still in one piece, but beneath it all, I am dying. — Melody Carlson