Courtesy Essay Quotes & Sayings

In life, when you start to fall, you don't have to go crazy, scolding yourself and further throwing yourself off balance. Instead, simply make adjustments. — Brenda Strong

It never ceases to amaze me how hard kneeling is - the joints complaining and my rational mind telling me that I'm too old and that God can hear my prayers from the comfort of my chair. Someday my knees may not let me up. Or I'll catch my death from the draft along the floor. The excuses are valid.
Yet there is something amazing about kneeling, the humility and greatness of need that well up within me as I find my place there. It is my way to pray. — Cindy McCormick Martinusen

People who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and in our world have always inspired me. — Chelsea Clinton

He thought that in the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime but he took small comfort from it. — Cormac McCarthy

If there is to be peace on earth and good will toward men, we must finally believe in the ultimate morality of the universe, and believe that all reality hinges on moral foundations. — Martin Luther King Jr.

What seems to me the highest and the most difficult achievement of Art is not to make us laugh or cry, or to rouse our lust or our anger, but to do as nature does-that is, fill us with wonderment. — Gustave Flaubert

Disappointment and pain are parts of life. Holding on to them can wreck your life. — Charles F. Glassman

I couldn't really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to. — Charlie Trotter

The military value of a partisan's work is not measured by the amount of property destroyed, or the number of men killed or captured, but by the number [of the enemy which] he keeps watching [him]. — John S. Mosby

Google is a global Rorschach test. We see in it what we want to see. Google has built an infrastructure that makes a lot of dreams closer to reality. — John Battelle

When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy. — Tommy Chong

Even though she's dealing with a scar, Emily just carries on with life. It's not a big deal. While we were shooting the scene, I tried it different ways. I tried it where I was hiding my face, and Chris [Weitz] was like, "Let's try it where she doesn't care," and that's who she is. She doesn't care what anybody else thinks. — Tinsel Korey

It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace. — Frankie Knuckles

Perceived a cart covered with royal flags coming along the road they were travelling; and persuaded that this must be some new adventure, — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

The United States Postal Service has a problem. People aren't sending as much mail as they used to. That means less postage revenue and difficulty paying the bills. — Matthew Yglesias