Bestedmedever Quotes & Sayings

The executed men were cursed, and praised, and doubted, and despised, and held to account, and blackened, and wondered at, and mourned, all in a confusion complicated infinitely by the site of war. — Sebastian Barry

Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains. — Jessica Hagedorn

I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of his fingertips down my palm, and I shiver and understand it completely — Veronica Roth

Walk in your path of integrity with steadfast steps, and show that you are invincibly strong in the strength which confidence in God alone can confer. Thus you will be delivered from anxious care, you will not be troubled with evil tidings, your heart will be fixed, trusting in the Lord. How pleasant to float along the stream of providence! There is no more blessed way of living than a life of dependence upon a covenant-keeping God. We have no care, for he careth for us; we have no troubles, because we cast our burdens upon the Lord. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

There are many religions, but there is only one morality. — John Ruskin

Each person is made of five different elements, she told me.
Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was like my father, whom my mother always critized for his cigarette habit and who always shouted back that she should feel guilty that he didn't let my mother speak her mind.
Too little wood and you bent too quickly to listen to other people's ideas, unable to stand on your own. This was like my Auntie An-mei.
Too much water and you flowed in too many different directions. like myself. — Amy Tan

Now that I've got a way in [to the industry] - because it can feel a bit like, "How can I possibly write a film?" - but now that I've got at least some experience in the film world, I'd absolutely love to do it again. — Emma Donoghue

We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn't it time that we should take risks to secure peace? — Ramsay MacDonald

He walked up to her and they began dancing. She was dressed like Cinderella and he looked just like Prince Charming.
As they danced, he whispered to her, I believe in fairy tale endings. — Linda Weaver Clarke

I'm not nearly as well organized as I would like. I am a creature of to-do lists and calendars - if something doesn't get onto my Google Calendar, I don't show up for it. — Ethan Zuckerman

I would say that it's an awfully overrated aspirin and very similar to the old people's Disneyland. — Don Van Vliet

Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time. — Sakyong Mipham

Will had found out the hard way that it's nearly impossible to go to sleep with a flatulent Chihuahua sharing your pillow. — Karin Slaughter

I have a saying: Receive everything - decide later, which reminds me to be open to possibilities instead of closing the doors too quickly before I've had the opportunity to sit with something new. ~Amanda Owen — Amanda Owen