Dafnie Potrava Quotes & Sayings

In 1492 Columbus knew less about the far Atlantic than we do about the heavens, yet he chose not to sail with a flotilla of less than three ships ... So it is with interplanetary exploration: it must be done on the grand scale. — Wernher Von Braun

Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but Allah. Poverty unlocks the door - what a blessed key! — Rumi

Sirius pushed his chair roughly aside and strode around the table toward Snape, pulling out his wand as he went; Snape whipped out his own. — J.K. Rowling

What people really want to know from their doctor is, are you going to make me feel better? And what they really want to know from a president are, are you going to give me some security when it comes to my work? Because if I'm not working, my family is in trouble. And when I am working, the fact of the matter is, my whole family is doing better. — John Kasich

Happiness, after all, is found in the simplest of things. — Steve Maraboli

But though that place I never gain,
Herein lies comfort for my pain:
I will be worthy of it. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct. — Laurence Sterne

The beginning and the end of the tango is the walk. — Robert Duvall

Then he noticed the belt. He pulled it out. The thing had been handed down in the family since God knows when. His father had told: 'Better keep it. It's wampum. Supposed to be lucky.' William shrugged. He could sure as hell use some luck today. On an impulse, he decided to put it on. Under his shirt of course
he didn't want to look like a damn fool. Then he dressed as usual, every inch the successful man. If he was going down, he'd go down in style. Anyway, you should never give up hope. — Edward Rutherfurd

Florida is an awesome place to find sweaters. People buy a really nice sweater for their trips up north, then they just keep it in the closet forever, so you're finding super nice sweaters down here at the Salvation Army. It's hard to say no sometimes. — Jim Drain

If a child waited to speak until all the grown-ups settled down and gave her some room to say her piece, the most important things would never get said. — Katherine Hannigan

People never bothered to pay attention to those who served them. Waiters and drivers were the most invisible people in the world. — Ayelet Waldman

The tests don't have to change our choices. — Veronica Roth