Dhont Family Foundation Quotes & Sayings

To live a better life,
this surely can be done. — Henry David Thoreau

Sir, what is a pearl?"
"My worthy Ned," I answered, "to the poet, a pearl is a tear of the sea; to the Orientals, it is a drop of dew solidified; to the ladies, it is a jewel of an oblong shape, of a brilliancy of mother-of-pearl substance, which they wear on their fingers, their necks, or their ears; for the chemist, it is a mixture of phosphate and carbonate of lime, with a little gelatine; and lastly, for naturalists, it is simple a morbid secretion of the organ that produces the mother-of-pearl among certain bivalves. — Jules Verne

Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life. — Charles Eastman

I waited for you."
"But it's a race. Why did you wait for me?"
"I always wait for you. I'm always waiting for you. — Brodi Ashton

You just have this freedom when you're younger - this lack of concern to fail or do anything wrong. It comes with an ease that I've found has kind of deteriorated over time. — Hayden Panettiere

THERE ARE SOME MEN who enter a woman's life and screw it up forever. Joseph Morelli did this to me - not forever, but periodically. — Janet Evanovich

Hope is a precious thing, isn't it," she says. "And yet, we don't really appreciate it until it's gone. — Amy Ewing

Pushing away, pushing in: the pattern of so much that was to follow. — Richard Flanagan

Blessed is the heart that does not collect resentments and often dwells on them. — Swami Ranganathananda