Cleotha Staples Quotes & Sayings

Our Heavenly Father does not usually cause us to seek the Savior till He has whipped us clean out of all our confidence; He cannot make us in earnest after Heaven till He has made us feel something of the intolerable tortures of an aching conscience, which is a foretaste of hell. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

We go through life and don't pay attention to God even when he's yelling. Then there are the moments you never expect and can't avoid. It is at those times when you can hear him ever so clearly; even when he's whispering. — Benjamin J. Carey

Luck is very important. Of course you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you. — Jack Ma

The War was decided in the first twenty days of fighting, and all that happened afterwards consisted in battles which, however formidable and devastating, were but desperate and vain appeals against the decision of Fate. — Winston S. Churchill

For seven years, I was in this fishbowl with this intensity, with all the stuff that went on with the Mets. — Al Leiter

Children I implore you
get out of the burning house now
three carts wait outside
to save you from a homeless life
relax in the village square
before the sky everything's empty
no direction is better or worse
east is just as good as west
those who know the meaning of this
are free to go where they want — Han-shan

I have my moments, I just can't remember where I put them. — Neil Leckman

The unit of every country is the family and the strength of the country is based on the smiles of the children and songs of the adults. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Watching fish, like listening to music, can distract you in a good way. — Marty Becker