Balsur Quotes & Sayings

Life is like a game of whist. I don't enjoy the game much; but I like to play my cards well, and see what will be the end of it. — George Eliot

I say that our system of tests and grades, as it now exists, is one source of the low yield of great men from our universities. The marking system is a traumatic experience from which most students emerge with a deep determination never to get into a situation where they can be marked again. They just won't ever again take a chance. — Edwin Land

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars. — E.W. Howe

I got into pastoring because of the art form. I started a church, but I felt the art form needed to be freed for all people. A particular religion over others was never interesting to me. I wanted to talk to people about what it means to be alive and what it means to be human. — Rob Bell

Care more for a grain of faith than a ton of excitement. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance. — Suze Orman

People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind what they're doing. You're entitled to lie because the end justifies the means. — Alex Gibney

Tristan being the someone else was just off. It felt wrong to even think it.
I knew why, too.
He was the someone, so he could never be the else. — R.K. Lilley

Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear. — Gavyn Davies

After I removed all the cultural coatings and traditions that disguise each religion, I discovered the soul to be the same in all of them. Therefore, it is hard for me to say I am just one, when my heart recognizes the truths in them all. — Suzy Kassem

Music is the medium ... how you use the music is different. Everyone use music to a positive light and effect. So it really depends on the individual and one's outlook. My music depicts life in general and the things that I see and the things that influence me, and such forth. — Stephen Marley

There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy. — Mikhail Gorbachev

Whenever you make a big effort and take risks, getting good results and points is very rewarding. — Dani Pedrosa