Delphina Quotes & Sayings

any town that thought books were cool enough to be in a bar was A-OK in her book. — Delphina Henley

First lesson learned: Knowing doesn't hold a candle to doing. — A.M. Jenkins

loved, and indulged to the full extent of her father — Colleen McCullough

We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road. — Johnny Isakson

The will, I believe, is the mystery of mysteries. Who can say beforehand that his will is strong? There are all kinds of indefinable currents moving to and fro between one's will and one's inclinations. People talk as if the two things were essentially distinct; on different sides of one's organism, like the heart and the liver. I believe there is a certain group of circumstances possible for every man, in which his will is destined to snap like a dry twig. — Henry James

One of the best ways to practice the presence of the Lord is to thank Him all the time. — Joseph Prince

Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well. — Anthony Anderson

I would hate to be a bee. Be surrounded by bees all the time. — Craig Benzine

And yet we have what purports, or professes, or is claimed, to be a contract - the Constitution - made eighty years ago, by men who are now all dead, and who never had any power to bind us, but which (it is claimed) has nevertheless bound three generations of men, consisting of many millions, and which (it is claimed) will be binding upon all the millions that are to come; but which nobody ever signed, sealed, delivered, witnessed, or acknowledged; and which few persons, compared with the whole number that are claimed to be bound by it, have ever read, or even seen, or ever will read, or see. — Lysander Spooner

Yet, for most, our journey toward having the healthiest perspective possible is shaped by the way we face and "make friends" with the periodic roadblocks we encounter on our way. — Robert J. Wicks

Whether we like it or not, we are puppets of our emotions. We make complex decisions by consulting our feelings, not our thoughts. Against our best intentions, we substitute the question, "What do I think about this?" with "How do I feel about this?" So, smile! Your future depends on it. — Rolf Dobelli

The relationship with the cast has everything to do with how a performance develops, and in a sense that while you're discovering a play in the course of rehearsal with the director, you're also discovering it with your fellow actors. We're all in it together. — Kevin Spacey

I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border. — Harrison Salisbury

Hope is not a matter of hope
it is only just
a way of living.

Petra Hermans
August 18, 2016 — Petra Hermans