Bergeon 7825 Quotes & Sayings

Think of each wound as you would of a child who has been hurt by a friend. As long as that child is ranting and raving, trying to get back at the friend, one wound leads to another. But when the child can experience the consoling embrace of a parent, she or he can live through the pain, return to the friend, forgive, and build up a new relationship. Be gentle with yourself, and let your heart be your loving parent as you live your wounds through. — Henri Nouwen

I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, mid-life for an elephant, and ancient for a quarter-miler, whose son now says, "Dad, I just can't run the quarter with you anymore, unless I bring something to read." — Bill Cosby

For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it. — William J. Clinton

Love always costs more than you can afford to pay," he said. "And it's always worth the price. — Sarah Rees Brennan

Only a sheep with lion's heart can attack wolf, not the sheep with lion's teeth or with lion's claw! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side. — Isaac Hayes

In my day everything wasn't so PC. — Nigel Lythgoe

I could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single individual, to stand or fall according as he spoke well or ill. For it is hard to speak properly upon a subject where it is even difficult to convince your hearers that you are speaking the truth. — Thucydides

Distressed properties are often vacant and in disrepair, and thus sold at significant discounts. As the share of distressed sales grows, home prices fall. — Mark Zandi

A child who's been injured by a parent waits her whole life for some acknowledgment of the wrong that's been done, some validation from him that her pain is real, that he's sorry and will make amends. The child will wait forever, unable to move forward, unable to forgive, without someone to acknowledge the past. In that powerlessness comes a terrible rage. — Lisa Unger

Children can create fun out of nothing and when this great talent is lost you become a boring creature which is called adult! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

After all the dangerous adventures I'd had, I couldn't die like this. Sadie would be devastated. Then, once she got over her grief, she'd track down my soul in the Egyptian afterlife and tease me mercilessly for how stupid I'd been. — Rick Riordan

I always come across sounding like I hate my children. I actually love them very much. — Julie Bowen