Composture Quotes & Sayings

Our theory is simply this: a person counts as an asshole when, and only when, he systematically allows himself to enjoy special advantages in interpersonal relations out of an entrenched sense of entitlement that immunizes him against the complaints of other people. — Aaron James

Pain is God's megaphone — C.S. Lewis

Such an Ibisian scene: both their faces were formal masks, their posture correct, pain kept inside where it cut deeper. — Andrea K. Host

Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than in a London studio, but it needs bigger dimensions. A large piece of stone or wood placed almost anywhere at random in a field, orchard, or garden, immediately looks right and inspiring. — Henry Moore

Do the people of this land ... desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendment ... If so, let them withstand all beginnings of encroachment. For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanquished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch for a saving hand while yet there was time. — George Sutherland

These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. - JOHN 15:11 — David Jeremiah

The evening was cold and tempestuous, the rain poured in torrents, and the distant thunders rolled with tremendous noise round the adjacent mountains, whilst the pale lightning added horrors to the scene. — Eliza Parsons

My long-term plans are just to get as much experience as I can in Australia and try to make my own films. — Brenton Thwaites