Daphiney Quotes & Sayings

I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.' — Rachel Tucker

Inside his house, a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him. — Jerry Spinelli

Now he who exercises his reason and cultivates
it seems to be both in the best state of mind and most dear to the
gods. For if the gods have any care for human affairs, as they are
thought to have, it would be reasonable both that they should delight
in that which was best and most akin to them (i.e. reason) and that
they should reward those who love and honour this most, as caring
for the things that are dear to them and acting both rightly and nobly.
And that all these attributes belong most of all to the philosopher
is manifest. He, therefore, is the dearest to the gods. And he who
is that will presumably be also the happiest; so that in this way
too the philosopher will more than any other be happy. — Aristotle.

What is one step I can take along my spiritual path today? — James Ricklef

We[ Papa Roach ]'re always trying to get bigger and bigger. It's weird because I wasn't around when they sold millions of records. Now it's just always about "OK what new people can we get to." We're trying to package up with younger bands like Bring Me the Horizon or Of Mice and Men. Those bands always get talked about, because their demographic is so young. But, actually we are seeing a lot of younger people at shows which is awesome. — Tony Palermo

Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don't hold on to the ball.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? — George Eliot

Where she feared most to fail, she was most sure of success, for those to whom she endeavored to give pleasure were prepossessed in her favor. — Jane Austen

People who are on a spiritual quest don't think, they simply want results. — Paulo Coelho

This college would probably have the same problem as the last one did."
I frowned, "What's that?"
"Homework. — Richelle Mead

The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next to one student, concentrated attention, shining this beam of light on their work, on their thoughts and their self-expression, is going to be absolutely transformative, because so many of the students have not had that ever before. — Dave Eggers

Those scenes of solitude from which the hand of nature have never been lifted, affect the mind with a more deep-toned emotion than aught which the hand of man has touched. Amid them the consequent associations are of God the Creator, they are His undefiled works; and the mind is cast into contemplation of eternal things. — Thomas Cole