Battal Gazi Quotes & Sayings

You don't learn anything just by reading books.
You learn only by receiving blows. — Swami Prajnanpad

This is not an act — Ellen G. White

Strength and character are built through adversity. — Stephan Labossiere

The truth is the President of the United States used the same device that Slobodan Milosevic used in Serbia. When you appeal to homophobia, when you appeal to sexism, when you appeal to racism, that is extraordinarily damaging to the country. — Howard Dean

But, gentlemen, can any of us say that as a result of such overwhelming sacrifices of money, of men, of ideals, and of civil dignity the sense of security has indeed been attained? — Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Today, what people call learning is forced on you. Everyone is forced to learn the same thing on the same day at the same speed in class. But everyone is different. For some, class goes too fast, for some too slow, for some in the wrong direction. But give everyone a chance, in addition to school, to follow up their own bent from the start, to find out about whatever they're interested in by looking it up in their own homes, at their own speed, in their own time, and everyone will enjoy learning. — Isaac Asimov

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society? — Honore De Balzac

If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness. — Timothy Keller

As we get closer to critical hour, we will make critical decisions. — Dan Brown

It's really important to be active in your community, whatever community that is ... find allies and find people who you relate to and who make you stronger as a group. — Katie Leclerc

The art of the novelist is not unrelated to the illness of multiple personality disorder. It's a much milder form. But the better the book, the nearer to the padded cell you are. — David Mitchell

Just being an obedient Christian is increasingly becoming a social, political, legal issue ... — John Piper

And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple. — William Wordsworth

Anybody that walks can sing.. — Michael Stipe

If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you! — Matthew Simpson