Coradex Quotes & Sayings

Poverty does not produce unhappiness: It produces degradation. — George Bernard Shaw

Small children believe themselves to be gods, or some of them do, and they can only be satisfied when the rest of the world goes along with their way of seeing things. — Neil Gaiman

In a paradise with sweet laughs for bird-notes, and blue eyes for a heaven. — George Eliot

Papa wants you to marry some decrepit old wigsby?" She gave him a charmingly rueful smile, all tousled golden curls like some angel who had rolled off a cloud in her sleep, he thought, and had fallen to earth with a thud. "Something like that," she said in vague amusement. "I see. Well, surely we can find a solution." He snapped his fingers and gave her a grin. "Shall I ruin you? That should solve your problem. The old wigsby won't want you if you're used goods, and I assure you, I'd be happy to oblige. — Gaelen Foley

Some people have the power but not the willingness to help. Others have the willingness but not the power. God has both. — Lee Roberson

Edwards refused to suppose an opposition between the understanding and the affections. In other words, if a person said, "I know God cares for me, but I am still paralyzed by fear," Edwards would reply, "Then that means you don't truly know that God cares for you. If you did, then the affection of confidence and hope would be rising within you. — Timothy J. Keller

A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who relies entirely on fortune is lost when it changes ... — Neil Jordan

Free-thinking" atheists is an oxymoron. They chide Christians for being narrow-minded. No one is more narrow and closed-minded than someone who claims absolutes based on what they "know" as if there is nothing more to learn. I applaud agnostics who have the intellect, humility and openness to say, "I don't know!" or "I can't know!" At least they admit there may be more to know! — William Branks