Chanted Phrase Quotes & Sayings

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment — Chanakya

Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, 'Is this my life?', remember: It's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes. — Sophie Kinsella

I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do. — Minka Kelly

Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel. — Tullian Tchividjian

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar. — Eric Liu

You know how hind-sight is 20/20? Love is when you look back and wouldn't change anything. — Jodi Picoult

I have a talent for complicating situations, I said. — Seanan McGuire

If someone does something we disapprove of, we regard him as bad if we believe we can deter him from persisting in his conduct, but we regard him as mad if we believe we cannot. — Thomas Szasz

I felt ashamed, really ashamed of all the years I'd spent trying to identify the father who happened to be mine, instead of simply claiming the best on offer. — Helen DeWitt

You are the queen, he ought to be begging leave of you. — George R R Martin

I will never see him again. Never know why he let me go. Never learn if he really whispered what I think he did. Beautiful. — Sophie Jordan

From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do. — Madeline Kahn

Learning more truth is a poor and cheap substitute for stopping and putting into action the truth already learned — Charles R. Swindoll