Comprends In French Quotes & Sayings

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered. — Viktor E. Frankl

People who lack vision almost always lack passion. Incompetent leaders are ineffective and they often stay that way. — John Maxwell

If you are prepared to accept the consequences of your dreams then you must still regard America today with the same naive enthusiasm as the generations that discovered the New World. — Jean Baudrillard

Only rule that ever made sense to me I learned from a history, not an economics, professor at Wharton. "Fear," he used to say, "fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe. — Max Brooks

Hold a baseball in your hand ... Feel the ball, turn it over in your hand; hold it across the seam or the other way, with the seam just to the side of your middle finger. Speculation stirs. You want to get outdoors and throw this spare and sensual object to somebody or, at the very least, watch somebody else throw it. The game has begun. — Roger Angell

Enough of this guilt," he told her, his voice reduced to a cracked whisper. "What's done is done. — Alexis Steinhauer

Be-and yet know the great void where all things begin, the infinite source of your own most intense vibration, so that, this once, you may give it your perfect assent. — Rainer Maria Rilke

If John Grisham, Harper Lee, and Larry the Cable Guy were penned up in a remote cabin for a weekend with nothing but good bourbon, fine wine, and a couple of cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, something like Common Pleas (A Tale of Whoa!) might result... — J. Randolph Cresenzo

Imagine a world full of brains, and far more memes than can possibly find homes. Which memes are more likely to find a safe home and get passed on again? — Susan Blackmore

Chinese readers are buying books in translation, particularly non-fiction about China, in large numbers. — Evan Osnos

The movie's not over till everybody's dead. — Denis Johnson

For Paul, the Holy Spirit was an experienced reality. — Hermann Gunkel

I think I'm far too hopeful and trusting. That's something I got from my mum. — Dave Eggers