Circumnavigating Africa Quotes & Sayings

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience. — Jon Meacham

Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day. — Thaddeus Golas

We classify too much and enjoy too little. — Kakuzo Okakura

The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a room really well, it makes you feel great. TV is a bit more difficult; there are more factors that can screw it up along the way. — Nina Conti

You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will. — Epictetus

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. — Colin Powell

As a rule, it was the pleasure-haters who became unjust. — W. H. Auden

Swimming in bewilderment, Fiona somehow managed to remain relatively calm while the man who'd starred in her dreams for months sat beside her on the sofa. Relatively calm - in her dictionary - loosely translated to not drooling or humiliating herself. — Candis Terry

Nothing changes if nothing changes — Donna Barnes

If you have survived an abuser, and you tried to make things right ... If you forgave, and you struggled, and even if the expression of your grief and your anger tumbled out at times in too much rage and too many words ... If you spent years hanging on to the concepts of faith, hope, and love, even after you knew in your heart that those intangibles, upon which life is formed and sustained, would fail in the end ... And especially, if you stood between your children - or anyone - and him, and took the physical, emotional, and spiritual pummeling in their stead, then you are a hero. — Jenna Brooks

'Double Indemnity' is one of my all time favorites. That's my favorite. — Alaina Huffman

If there is a God, I doubt he is such a hard-liner. Rather, I imagine him greeting the men and women who take their own lives like a police chief surprised when a wanted criminal turns himself in. "You!" he might say, not angry so much as slightly disappointed that he won't get the credit or the satisfaction for the capture. — Steve Toltz

Think of this as a short book composed entirely of what I hoped would be a long book's quotable passages. — Sarah Manguso