Burgdorff Summit Quotes & Sayings

Every parent is a teacher ... But not all parents teach. — Anthony D. Williams

Too many policies, programs and institutions are judged by what they are supposed to do, rather than by what they actually do and the consequences of their actions. — Thomas Sowell

I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. — Mira Sorvino

What part of us feels pleasure? Is it our hand, our arm, our flesh, or our blood? It must obviously be something immaterial. — Blaise Pascal

There is no one else who can ever fill your role in the same way, so it's a good idea to perform it as well as possible. — Humphry Osmond

A husband and wife honor God when they love and honor each other. — Jim George

The greatest freedom in this world is a sense of self detached from appearances so that we may sacrifice today's comforts for tomorrow's opportunities. — Vironika Tugaleva

I have an elaborate wind-down ritual, which combines reading, ESPN, movies, and jamming the blues on my keyboard. There's still a part of me that's a little kid who is psyched because I no longer have a bedtime! — Tohoru Masamune

To accept responsibility for your own feelings, your own triggers, and your own experience does not mean to stop communicating with others about how their words and actions affect you. You can own your emotions by not blaming others, and still give the people in your life gentle, loving feedback about how they can treat you in a way that helps your healing and happiness. Creating safe spaces is an interdependent process. It's not ever all about you and it's not ever all about the other person. It's about you coming together and working on the dynamics of your relationship together, taking responsibility for your own part and doing what you can to contribute to the well-being of the other. — Vironika Tugaleva

But there are more than five sexes and only demotic Greek seems to distinguish among them. — Lawrence Durrell

Life makes beggars out of those who have joyful hearts, taxing the living with hardship and tribulation, but the charity of companionship, the currency of shared and unmitigated love, alleviates all disconsolation. — Michelle Franklin

I don't keep a diary and I throw away nearly all the paper I might have kept. I don't keep an archive. There's something worrying about my make-up that I try to leave no trace of myself apart from my plays. — Tom Stoppard