Barefaced Toning Quotes & Sayings

He had hardly ever allowed himself the things that really gave him pleasure. Tradition and obligation had tyrannized over all his hours. — Millicent Bell

People in every nation behave and respond according to the values and virtues upon which they were raised. We all are a product of our environment. — Sunday Adelaja

Americans will quarrel over how, who, or what to rescue or save, but the idea that the nation ought to be off doing it is challenged only by a few. — Nicholas Von Hoffman

Belief in an infallible God does not make one infallible. — John Corvino

Once more he became silent, staring before him with sombre eyes. Following his gaze, I saw that he was looking at an enlarged photograph of my Uncle Tom in some sort of Masonic uniform which stood on the mantlepiece. I've tried to reason with Aunt Dahlia about this photograph for years, placing before her two alternative suggestions: (a) To burn the beastly thing; or (b) if she must preserve it, to shove me in another room when I come to stay. But she declines to accede. She says it's good for me. A useful discipline, she maintains, teaching me that there is a darker side to life and that we were not put into this world for pleasure only. — P.G. Wodehouse

I never hold a grudge. — Billy Graham

Each note is inscribed on a sugar
cube lodged in the hoof of a rabid pig. — Lara Glenum

I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. — Lois Lowry

I kinda don't do guilt. I gave it up for Lent years ago. — Greg Boyle

That Bhagavad Gita instruction to be unattached to the fruits of your actions is the key. If you are a parent raising a child, don't get attached to the act of raising the child. That doesn't mean you're not a loving, active parent. Your job is to love and nurture, feed and clothe, take care and guard the safety of the child, and guide him or her with your moral compass. But how the child turns out is how the child turns out. Ultimately he or she is not your child; who they turn out to be is up to God and their own karma. Your — Ram Dass