Betwext Texting Quotes & Sayings

The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony. — James Allen

To say a thing is natural is to condone it, never to praise it. — Quentin Crisp

In the world God wills work, marriage, government, and church, and God wills all these, each in its own way, through Christ, toward Christ, and in Christ. God has placed human beings under all these mandates, not only each individual under one or the other, but all people under all four. There can be no retreat, therefore, from a "worldly" into a "spiritual" "realm." The practice of the Christian life can be learned only under these four mandates of God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In my prayers, I want to say: Lord, don't be far from me, and also don't come too close. Let me contemplate the stars on the texture of your cloth, but don't unveil your face to me. Allow me to hear the rivers that you send running, but Lord! Lord! Don't allow me hearing your voice — Amin Maalouf

Affectation is fond of making a greater show than reality ... Nature and truth have never learned to blow the trumpet, and never will. — Lydia M. Child

Becoming a culturally intelligent innovators starts with something as basic as exercising self-control. — David Livermore

I know what we do really well - I just try and keep us focused on doing that. — Jeffrey Katzenberg

To raise the veil. To see what you're saying goodbye to. — Louise Gluck

There is that potential of the expats coming back to the Philippines. But sadly they are no opportunities, no incentive for them to come back home. Successive governments have, in fact, been training them to export them rather than working on the economy to welcome them home. — Miguel Syjuco

Then Darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell. — J.R.R. Tolkien

FOR some inexplicable reason the sense of smell does not hold the high position it deserves among its sisters. There is something of the fallen angel about it. When it woos us with woodland scents and beguiles us with the fragrance of lovely gardens, it is admitted frankly to our discourse. But when it gives us warning of something noxious in our vicinity, it is treated as if the demon had got the upper hand of the angel, and is relegated to outer darkness, punished for its faithful service. — Helen Keller

The response of the men who were introduced into polygamy between 1841 and 1846 was anything but enthusiastic. The same was true of the women who were offered the chance of becoming plural wives. Apart from the fact that the new system collided with moral assumptions they had grown up with, there were practical difficulties that made polygamy less attractive. For the men to support additional wives was seldom easy. — Leonard J. Arrington

Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right. — Alexander Pope