Dobrin Quotes & Sayings

Your ears are yours alone. Tell others what you alone can hear. Your voice is yours alone. Tell others what only you can say. Your eyes are yours alone. Show others what only you can see. — Arthur Dobrin

Sometimes, all company forsaking,
They settle to a game of chess
And, leaning on a table, guess
What move the other may be making,
And Lensky with a dreamy look,
Allows his pawn to take his rook. — Alexander Pushkin

When God's moving his hands through your life, you had better sit up and take notice — Han Nolan

No one can teach you how to write. A writer writes, plain and simple. You improve by doing. — Scott Ciencin

Nothing so perilous as procrastination — John Lyly

Begrudging others leads to disharmony. Without harmony there can be no happiness. Therefore, let go of grudges and restore harmony. In a harmonious world, happiness is possible. — Arthur Dobrin

I felt the most effective way to change people's perception was through the power of images. — Alix Smith

In love the ordinary is made sacred. — Arthur Dobrin

A good sweat, with the blood punding through my body, makes me feel alive, revitalized. I gain a sense of mastery and assurance. I feel good about myself. Then I can feel good about others. — Arthur Dobrin

Power-over is amoral. Power-to is responsibility. — Gloria Feldt

It's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings. — John Green

When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries. — Josemaria Escriva

Friends

Friends will stick up for you, not put you down.
Friends like when you smile, not when you frown.
Friends treat you respectfully, not call you names.
Friends are always truthful, they don't play little head games.
If I had real friends, they would be nice.
But, the people I call friends always bring tears to my eyes. — Various

Whatever good there is in the world I inherit from the courage and work of those who went before me. I, in turn, have a responsibility to make things better for those who will inherit the earth from me. — Arthur Dobrin

If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people. — Leo Tolstoy

Life's a circle. There are no lines we can cross. — F.K. Preston

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person and as a responsible member of the human community — Arthur Dobrin

When you express your gratitude, you will bring joy to others lives.When others know joy, your life will be filled with happiness. — Arthur Dobrin

Hold on to what if. — Morgan Straughan Comnick

Fear seemed to hover in the air like a blizzard of black snow. — James Dashner

Cultivate humility it is the way of connectedness. Beware of false humility it leads to self-righteousness. — Arthur Dobrin

Celebrate each season, for you too, are transformed with the turns of the earth. — Arthur Dobrin

I set goals, but they're mostly very personal goals. I never try and set a goal where 'I want to win this,' or 'I want to do this,' where other people can affect what I do. If I want to swim a new best time, I sit down and work out the best way of doing that. Whether I can shave a few tenths of a second off a turn or the start, my goal is putting them all together in a race. That's the way I set my goals. — Liam Tancock

Beauty is revealed when we learn to see with our hearts. The more educated our hearts the greater beauty we can see. Therefore, beauty is revealed with age. — Arthur Dobrin

There is always a way to be honest without being brutal. — Arthur Dobrin