Constructing Parallel Quotes & Sayings

The typical response from people when I tell them I'm diabetic is, 'Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.' You know, I'm not. I'm a better athlete because of diabetes rather than despite it. I'm more aware of my training, my fitness and more aware of nutrition. I'm more proactive about my health. — Charlie Kimball

I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn't know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally living from day to day. — Salman Rushdie

The problem was that such simple, ordinary bliss seldom formed memories. It was too smooth and silken to adhere. It was the bad stuff, ragged and uneven, that caught, like all those plastic grocery bags stuck in the trees of Baltimore. — Laura Lippman

The public's not stupid. — Rita Ora

The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity. — Roy L. Smith

How many people do you know who have thrown up on the Scrambler or a carnival ride? A lot of people, is the answer. — Mike Birbiglia

I placed my hand on both of their heads and said, knowing they couldn't understand a word of English, "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." I don't think I consciously intended to cite Jesus' words to his disciples in John 14:18; it just seemed like the only thing worth saying at the time. — Russell D. Moore

When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, then look to those who have been given less. — Anonymous

In medicine as well as in romantic poetry, it is the heart that is the center and controlling mechanics of life. If the heart stops, life stops. The loss of sight doesn't not mean death. Yet for ages, the eyes was believed to contain a human being's vital essence - a not wholly irrational belief. — Henry Grunwald

Finally realizing that life was to be lived, rather than hoarded against an unseen tomorrow. — Robin Hobb

How sweet it was to be scolded by such a tiny. — Margo Lanagan

I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing. — John C. Maxwell

What is character, if not a man's measure of himself against his friends and enemies? — Christopher Moore

The break of a family is the break of society. — Lailah Gifty Akita