Collishaw Queen Quotes & Sayings

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability. — Confucius

Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill ... I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him; for we have come into the world to work together ... — Marcus Aurelius

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that restricting calories by 30 percent significantly increased life span in monkeys.27 The experimental diet, while still providing adequate nourishment, slowed monkeys' metabolism and reduced their body temperatures, changes similar to those in the long-lived thin mice. Decreased levels of triglycerides and increased HDL (the good) cholesterol were also observed. Studies over the years, on many different species of animals, have confirmed that those animals that were fed less lived longest. In fact, allowing an animal to eat as much food as it desires can reduce its life span by as much as one-half. — Joel Fuhrman

But I don't want your throne." "Then what do you want?" "You. — Cinda Williams Chima

*A leap of faith is required if we are to believe that nonviolence can heal a violent world, that turning the other cheek when struck, instead of striking back, can end a fight. We need faith to believe that by loving our enemy we can eventually transform him into an ally; that even when nonviolence fails to achieve peace, it can succeed in curing hate.** — Robert Lawrence Smith

Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Oh, my Margaret
my Margaret! no one can tell what you are to me! Dead
cold as you lie there you are the only woman I ever loved! Oh, Margaret
Margaret! — Elizabeth Gaskell

There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry. — Elizabeth Meriwether

I couldn't think of another city in the world that lined its streets with stone leviathans honoring failed rebels against the state. — Tony Horwitz

Give me a chance to be your president and America will be safer and stronger and better. — George W. Bush

I just wish you could see my demons for what they are, and lay here beside me on the floor. No words. Just your presence. — Charlotte Eriksson

As novices, Carthusians are taught to turn around and close doors without pushing them or letting them swing shut. Do you know why?
Miss Prim replied that she had no idea.
So that they learn not to rush, to do one thing after another. So as to train them in restraint, patience, silence, and mindfulness in every gesture. — Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera