Benjyfishy Quotes & Sayings

It happens to all writers, all artists, they can live beyond their best work and carry on with disappointment and mediocrity. — Chloe Thurlow

Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving. — Og Mandino

We [Americans] choose not to understand the world on terms other than our own. — Ralph Peters

So much of what comes out of the faith community seems so dour and somber, and we want to say, 'Hey, we're real people. You can be a person of faith and really enjoy life and laugh.' — Erwin McManus

There are two types of humans in this world: those who function so they can get something and those who function so they can give something. — Sarah Noffke

I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people pleaser. I always tried to do what was expected of me, and I constantly sought reassurance from the adults around me that I was doing a good job. — Chandra Wilson

I never did have much, so having it rough came with the territory. I was conditioned for it. — Rachel Caine

But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can. — Travis Barker

From its humble origins in college dorm rooms, social media has quietly crept into the boardroom. — Ryan Holmes

Captain Vimes believed in logic, in much the same way as a man in a desert believed in ice
i.e., it was something he really needed, but this just wasn't the world for it. — Terry Pratchett

While I knew him, he made me see--Poe did; made me understand that, unlike a bodily organ, the soul desires, even wills, its own continuance.It can be said to be the seat of will and desire and, even in its necrotic state, the root of evil. ... A Sunday school lesson or one of Cotton Mather's gaudy rants that helped to kindle the Salem bonfires is nearer to the truth of it than a fable by Poe, Hawthorne, or Melville. Evil's a malignancy beyond the skill and scalpel of {doctors} to heal or extirpate. — Norman Lock

Above all, joy should come from the true story of the joyful God bringing salvation to sinners so they could become His children. — Warren W. Wiersbe