Becky Craven Quotes & Sayings

No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Well, I am going on 83 now but not about to quit. There are too many things I know about where I want to see what happens. You, my dear, being one of them, and this new century starting.
Do what you can to make it good. And remember, as we used to say, that life is like a pudding: it takes both the salt and the sugar to make a really good one. — Joan W. Blos

Are you hungry?" Grandma asked me. "Do you need breakfast?" "I'm famished! — Janet Evanovich

...grit grows as we figure out our life philosophy, learn to dust ourselves off after rejection and disappointment, and learn to tell the difference between low-level goals that should be abandoned quickly and higher-level goals that demand more tenacity. The maturation story is that we develop the capacity for long-term passion and perseverance as we get older. — Angela Duckworth

On my iPad, and I'm quite a fool for this, but I use Post-It notes to cover up the camera. It's just weird with that little eye there and sometimes it'll be green and I know I didn't turn it on. It's very spooky. — Taraji P. Henson

I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston. — Douglas Wood

There is nothing radical about Obama except the fact of who he is. — Tina Brown

I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely ever met a person more fearless and courageous than my father ... The thing that I admire most about my dad is his genuine Christian character. He is a man of real integrity, deeply committed to moral and ethical principles. He is conscientious in all of his undertakings ... If I had a problem I could always call Daddy. — Martin Luther King Jr.

More great Americans were failures than they were successes. They mostly spent their lives in not having a buyer for what they had for sale. — Gertrude Stein

If we had time and no money, living by our wits, what story would you tell? — Adrienne Rich

My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain. — Oscar Wilde

If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord, and will trust Him perfectly, we shall find our souls "mounting up with wings as eagles" to the "heavenly places" in Christ Jesus, where earthly annoyances or sorrows have no power to disturb us. — Hannah Whitall Smith

A lot of composers I know hate temp scores because people get attached to them. — Steven Price