Auswendig Translation Quotes & Sayings

We can only be valued as we make ourselves valuable. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty. — Russell Kirk

If you ask God for love,
He may give you someone to forgive.
If you ask God for patience,
He may give you someone to bear. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Our rule is the works of mercy ... It is the way of sacrifice, worship, a sense of reverence. — Dorothy Day

I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together. — Harlan Coben

I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously. — Chris Noth

Their words also make it a lot easier for people to justify that shift
to convince themselves that surfing the Web is a suitable, even superior, substitute for deep reading and other forms of calm and attentive thought. In arguing that books are archaic and dispensable, Federman and Shirky provide the intellectual cover that allows thoughtful people to slip comfortably in the permanent state of distractedness that defines the online life. — Nicholas Carr

Heroism is not fighting some big battle. It is not standing up to some fearsome foe ... Heroism is every day getting up with a mission to show this world that you are going to light it up with your spirit, to make the best out of yourself. — Cory Booker

A cliche is everything you've ever heard of. — Janet Fitch

Ancient texts, he believed, could illuminate customary practices in his own times; conversely, current practices influenced his interpretation of the classics. — Dorothy Ko

We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive, content rich and complete education. These standards have the potential to support teachers in achieving NEA s purpose of preparing students to thrive in a democratic society and a diverse, changing world as knowledgeable, creative and engaged citizens and lifelong learners. — Lily Eskelsen Garcia

Now, as an adult, my hopes for the future were simple: I wanted to be alone, and to be surrounded by flowers. It seemed, finally, that I might get exactly what I wanted. — Vanessa Diffenbaugh