Befestigte Quotes & Sayings

The child, who is decked with prince's robes and who has jewelled chains round his neck loses all pleasure in his play; his dress hampers him at every step. In fear that it may be frayed, or stained with dust he keeps himself from the world, and is afraid even to move. Mother, it is no gain, thy bondage of finery, if it keep one shut off from the healthful dust of the earth, if it rob one of the right of entrance to the great fair of common human life. — Rabindranath Tagore

Success is like a seed, it waits for the right conditions that will allow it to grow. — Auliq Ice

People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words. — Felix Mendelssohn

The love of domination never attains more than a factitious elevation, that is sure to make enemies of all its neighbours. — Jean-Baptiste Say

I'm not greedy. I just want one person. The world is so big and there are so many people. But I only want one. — Elise Valmorbida

The voice of one who goes before, to makeThe paths of June more beautiful, is thineSweet May! — Helen Hunt Jackson

And I ... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap. — Tupac Shakur

God can't be squashed into any formula or confined to a narrow explanation, and he doesn't want our dreams to be small and manageable either. He is a God who blasts through all human boundaries. — Kasey Van Norman

I'm not someone who puts their money in a fund that earns 2 to 5 percent a year. I'm a man who tries to change things, move something with my money, to create jobs and, of course, at the same time earn more money with it. — Dietmar Hopp

Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept in advance and strict diligence observed in the duty of sentinels. — William Henry Ashley

Haven't you ever heard of compromise?" "Oh sure," I said. "That's when you give away half the things you want. That's when you give the other guy half of what's rightfully yours. I've done that lots of times. It sucks. — Sue Grafton