Development Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

It is in rugged crises, in unbearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity. Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.
Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm. If we strive to be happy by filling all the silences of life with sound, productive by turning all life's leisure into work, and real by turning all our being into doing, we will only succeed in producing a hell on earth. — Thomas Merton

The person who sets fire to his neighbor's house is sinful, but so is the man who warms himself by the heat of the burning house. — Fr. Belet

We are not just a piece of meat which was born like an animal — Sunday Adelaja

Have the private emotions also their gutter presses? — E. M. Forster

It has been said that a country's greatness can be measured by what it does for its unfortunates. By that criterion Canada certainly does not stand in the forefront of the nations of the world although there are signs that we are becoming conscious of our deficiencies and are determined to atone for lost time. — Tommy Douglas

When a girl cries, few things are more worthless than a boy. — Alexandra Bracken

Everything that happens on 'Entourage' does happen in Hollywood. — Kevin Dillon

[ ... ]so I just sat there surrounded by Dutchness, feeling awkward and hopeful. — John Green

The truth is: We serve a generous God. He delights in giving us opportunities beyond our capabilities. He has promised to equip us, and remain with us through each bend in the road. — David Jeremiah

I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then. — John C. Hawkes

We have shown that solar-electrified villages can be technically and financially self-sufficient. — Bunker Roy

If I could go back and say one thing to my younger self it would be: YOU ARE NOT FAT. — Jennifer Saunders