Aughey Quotes & Sayings

God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
— John H. Aughey

George Orr stayed in Portland because he had always lived there and because he had no reason to believe that life anywhere else would be better, or different. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Fairy tales read before bed tend to make me dream. They're all quite violent stories, as are my dreams. — Glen Duncan

I don't like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they can't touch anything. I own vintage pottery cups, and I let my girls hold them. It teaches them to treat objects with respect. — Debi Mazar

God strikes not as an enemy, to destroy; but as a father, to correct. — John H. Aughey

God brings men [and women] into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse [teach and improve] them. [It is fair and appropriate to get excited about what those lessons and improvements to you will mean for the future happiness of you and those you care about.] — John H. Aughey

...sometimes when you are lost for direction, you are open to a new way of seeing. — Lauren Lola

Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing upward to the borders of the unseen world. — John H. Aughey

The most generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of others are always the most free from faults themselves. — John H. Aughey

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since. — Edith Sitwell

Nothing is eternal but that which is done for God and others. That which is done for self dies. — John H. Aughey

But they'd had disagreements through the years, some of which I'd seen resolved, some I hadn't, and they always pressed on. Mother had told me this was the blessing of being married to a man who loved her for her mind as much as anything else. A marriage in which thoughts mattered, Mother said, meant that there would be disagreements. But love would prevail. That's what she said. And that's what I held to. — Anita Lustrea

It was great to do and it's exciting to do those things. That's another thing, that one enjoys the game. — Albert Finney