Avanama Quotes & Sayings

I have always been haunted by the feeling that the painter has much to gain from making use of the forces that tend to work against his action — Jean Dubuffet

Great vision precedes great achievement. — John C. Maxwell

That was when I realized for the first time that Sidonia Impyrean - meek, fearful, shy, and gentle - could be indomitable. — S.J. Kincaid

The intermingling in the school of youth of different races, differing religions, and unlike customs creates for all a new and broader environment. Common subject matter accustoms all to a unity of outlook upon a broader horizon than is visible to the members of any group while it is isolated. The assimilative force of the American public school is eloquent testimony to the efficacy of the common and balanced appeal. — John Dewey

This section of Scripture reminds me of the rows of white crosses along the wind-swept hills of Normandy. We're free today because, in June 1944, during the three-month battle of Normandy, nearly fifty-three thousand "nobodies" paid the ultimate price to defeat Nazi tyranny. No fewer than 9, 387 grave markers overlook Omaha Beach, many of them bearing the names of men who died during the first hours of the invasion called D-day. Beneath every white marker lies a person of significance because each one had an impact on the rest of history; each one made a difference. It's a very moving place to be. Visitors to that patch of land near Colleville-sur Mer, France, frequently weep quietly because there the real heroes of the war are silently honored. — Charles R. Swindoll

When you find nothing, Morris said, it means you're eliminating what surrounds the something.
Is that a Zen thing? Eve questioned.
If not, it should be. — J.D. Robb

The church that weds itself to modernity is already a widow within postmodernity. — Thomas C. Oden

I've heard the expression climbing walls, but I never thought I'd experience it, let alone like that, she murmured, her mouth curling into what was probably a dreamy smile. — Jeaniene Frost

Blind is he who will not see! — Victor Hugo

A good Coach asks great questions to help you remove the obstacles in your mind and to get you back on track in life — Farshad Asl

I've exercised with women so thin, buzzards followed them to their cars. — Erma Bombeck

I'm a hopeless romantic, I say very loudly and proudly. I get a lot of stick for it. — Alex Pettyfer

Every emancipation is a restoration of the human world and of human relationships to man himself. — Karl Marx

It is because peaceful agitation and passive resistance are effective that I uphold them, and it is because force strengthens tyranny that I condemn it. War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions. It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead to this necessity. — Benjamin Tucker