Buccaneer Confraternity Quotes & Sayings

In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three. — Julianne Moore

But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6) — Andy Stanley

But loving Tristan often felt like loving something once removed. He could be cold and indifferent to others' suffering, especially if he was causing it. — Tod Wodicka

Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see. — Douglas Adams

My mother always said I was special." "Well, she got that right, I suppose. She just didn't know how." "She also mentioned 'especially stubborn' from time to time. — Matt Forbeck

That is the heavenly Father's deepest impulse toward us. You are the apple of His eye. And anyone who messes with you messes with Him. His protective instincts are most poignantly seen at the cross - the place where unconditional love and omnipotent power for the amalgam called amazing grace. That's where the Creator stepped between every fallen sinner and the fallen angel, Satan. That's where the Advocate took His stand against the Accuser of the brethren. The Sinless Son of God took the fall for us.

The cross is God's way of saying, "You are worth dying for. — Mark Batterson

A girl should want to look good for herself, not for boys. — Lisi Harrison

Anyone with special abilities earns a differential return on that flair, which we economists call a rent. Those few with extraordinary P.Q. (Performance Quotient) will not give away such rent to the Ford Foundation or the local bank trust department. They have too high an I.Q. for that. — Paul Samuelson

To be choked with hate
May well be of all evil chances chief. — William Butler Yeats

her hair. But fantasy — Robert B. Parker

I'm impatient. Typically people think they know all about change and don't need help. Their approach tends to be more management-oriented than leadership-oriented. It's very frustrating. — John P. Kotter

Christianity has secured for itself a continuing place, at the cost of surrendering the crucial battle field. — Newbigin

Before you, I was a doubled-up fist - now I can hold soft things, fragile as butterfly wings ... — John Geddes

My advice to composers is, 'Try to reach 90, and everyone will love you.' — Gian Carlo Menotti