Caledon Quotes & Sayings

Accurate drawing, accurate colour, is perhaps not the essential thing to aim at, because the reflection of reality in a mirror, if it could be caught, colour and all, would not be a picture at all, no more than a photograph. — Vincent Van Gogh

Begin, then, where you are, not where you want to be. Begin stuck in the doldrums of your false story - if that is where you are. Begin there because, in truth, there is no other place to start from. Tell — Florence Falk

As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul. — D. Todd Christofferson

There was a friend of ours who worked with a girl who had said she would consider being a surrogate. We met her and right away she was awesome. We were looking for someone who could take care of themselves and it was pretty clear she could. — Christopher Meloni

What is the most significant conversation you have every day?" People would respond piously, "Your conversation with God, of course." "No," Lewis would reply. "It's the conversation you have with yourself before you speak to God, because in that conversation with yourself, you decide whether you are going to be honest and authentic with God, or whether you are going to meet God with a false face, a mask, an act, a pretense. — Brian D. McLaren

Mammon, n. The god of the world's leading religion. His chief temple is in the city of New York — Ambrose Bierce

If you are called by God, the time will come when He expects certain fruits from you — Sunday Adelaja

Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you. — Pythagoras

I had to learn compassion. Had to learn what it felt like to hate, and to forgive and to love and be loved. And to lose people close to me. Had to feel deep loneliness and sorrow. And then I could write. — Louise Penny

It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency. - George W. Bush, June 14, 2001, speaking to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson, unaware that a live television camera was still rolling. — George W. Bush

Philanthropy is the rent we pay for the joy and privilege we have for our space on this earth. — Jerold Panas

We must preserve our planet and grow our economy simultaneously. We cannot become more prosperous without the living systems upon which our prosperity depends. — Martin O'Malley

We strolled a long way, and loaded ourselves with things that we thought curious, and put some stranded starfish carefully back into the water - I hardly know enough of the race at this moment to be quite certain whether they had reason to feel obliged to us for doing so, or the reverse - and then made our way home to Mr. Peggotty's dwelling. — Charles Dickens

There are certain songs, and books, and films that are like points of high ground in the memory. Like they are even larger than your own experiences. They never go away. — Graham Joyce

The small wisdom is like water in a glass:
clear, transparent, pure.
The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:
dark, mysterious, impenetrable. — Rabindranath Tagore