Brockhurst Primary Quotes & Sayings

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always. — Sophocles

There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see. — Robert Frost

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum. — Philip Sidney

As a vamp killer for hire, I travel light. — Faith Hunter

Try looking at things with a positive mind, that you will succeed no matter what! It will help better your life and brighten your world! — Timothy Pina

I know I am incapable of courage unless I have decided to give my life. Without that choice, there is nothing but flight. But you take such a decision on the spur of the moment and you cannot make it last for weeks and months. The mental effort is too great. Hence the rarity of true courage. We generally accept a kind of lame compromise between the destiny and the man, which reason rejects. — Gabriel Chevallier

Each day I feel a little differently; some times I try to write something that's fictitious and then there's other times where I try to write something that's true. — Josh Turner

If you can sit down quietly and listen compassionately to that person for one hour, you can relieve a lot of his suffering. Listen with only one purpose: to allow the other person to express himself and find relief from his suffering. Keep compassion alive during the whole time of listening. You have to be very concentrated while you listen. You have to focus on the practice of listening with all your attention, your whole being: your eyes, ears, body, and your mind. If you just pretend to listen, and do not listen with one hundred percent of yourself, the other person will know it and will not find relief from his suffering. If you know how to practice mindful breathing and can stay focused on the desire to help him find relief, then you will be able to sustain your compassion while listening. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The trees were tinted exquisitely to an uncertain glory as the great red sinking sun flashed its rays on their crystal mantle. The vale of Aylesbury was drowsing beneath a slowly deepening shroud of mist. Above it the hills, their crests rounded and shaded by silver and rose coppices, seemed to have set in them great smoky eyes of flame where the last rays burned in them.
'It is like some dream world,' thought Mr. Cort. 'It is curious how, wherever the sun strikes, it seems to make an eye, and each one fixed on me; those hills, even those windows. But, judging from that mist, I shall have a slow journey home ...
("Blind Man's Bluff") — H.R. Wakefield

I'm trying to conduct only five months a year, and the rest will be composing time. I'm trying to spend as much as I can out of those months here in L.A., because for creative work, this is a fantastic place. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad it's there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isn't dead. — Lynda Barry

I found that each time I opened my camera and filmed Jerusalem, its image was overtaking what I wanted to express. — Danae Elon

I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society. — Yani Tseng