Congolese Wisdom Quotes & Sayings

Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention. — Teresa Of Avila

Being gentle doesn't stop us fighting for our dreams. — Fennel Hudson

Her presence brought memories of such things as Bourbon roses, rubies, and tropical midnights; her moods recalled lotus-eaters and the march in "Athalie"; her motions, the ebb and flow of the sea; her voice, the viola. — Thomas Hardy

If you give the audience what they want when they want how they want it, they won't steal it. — Dana Brunetti

Somebody's helping you and you have to take time off to listen to them and pretend you think their ideas are great and come up with an answer that makes them feel good, — Robert B. Parker

Well, it rained mortar and masonry the rest of the week. This was the report; but probably the facts would have modified it. — Mark Twain

The important message I heard about working out and what I want to share is that you create your own opportunities and your own limitations. — Jennifer Hudson

What I think you should do is imagine people in their underwear but then also imagine them crying, and that - that is truly relaxing. — Eugene Mirman

The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe. — Deepak Chopra

When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

He's but a windlet that blows the dust about my ankles. There is another that I flee, and he is a storm that sweeps the worlds aside and throws them plunging at each other. — Isaac Asimov

Today, you can buy chess programs for $49 that will beat all but world champions, yet no one thinks they're intelligent. — Anonymous

After all, she is lucky. I have been much too calm these past three years. I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity. I leave. — Jean-Paul Sartre

The rose, however, made us girls somewhat fainthearted, because it really was something we felt mattered, the white bridal dream with the wedding bouquet and the kiss from the man who was to be ours forever. But then Laura said that the lady who had given it to us had gotten divorced only five years later. And since many of our parents were also divorce, if indeed they had ever been married at all, that dream clearly wasn't worth our time. — Janne Teller