Donna Sheridan Quotes & Sayings

The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride and worldly honor. — John Dryden

The 'Pride and Prejudice' with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle was something I watched on a weekly basis with my mum at home in Oxfordshire. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw

It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one's own destructiveness in youth. — Helen Garner

I stand by my kind; and I thank God for the temptations that have brought me into sympathy with them, as I do for the love that urges me to efforts for their good. I hail the great brotherhood of trial and temptation in the name of humanity, and give them assurance that from the Divine Man, and some, at least, of His disciples, there goes out to them a flood of sympathy that would fain sweep them up to the firm footing of the rock of safety. — J.G. Holland

Measure yourself with the love you extend, not your height. — Janna Cachola

Nobody went out to pasture, and a lot of people are doing their best work. Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Sting are at the top of their game. I mean, Tony Bennett is the coolest guy I ever met! We have to figure out how to break out of this age ghetto. — Bonnie Raitt

Should you ask me if I'm happy, I'll answer that I'm not. — Fernando Pessoa

The "lone genius" myth: An individual with superhuman talents appears out of nowhere at certain points in history, free of influences or precedent, with a direct connection to God or The Muse. — Austin Kleon

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack. — Dave Freudenthal

He's weak and ignorant, scared of the way consequences of an action leap away from your control and breed new events, new consequences, until you're led to a place you never dreamed of and would never choose - a knife at the throat. — Ian McEwan

Annabeth was not going to fall. — Rick Riordan

Just calling one's practice "approach and accomplishment" and staying in retreat for years will produce nothing but hardship. Completing hundreds of millions of mantras will not even bring the warmth of the ordinary qualities that mark one's progress on the path! In other words, if the essential points of the path are not taken into account, perseverance will amount to nothing more than chasing a mirage. — Patrul Rinpoche

Globalization is a form of totalitarianism ... It is the rich who rule, and the poor live as they can. — Jose Saramago

Love is sacred state of mind, body and soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We have treatments for disturbed persons, Nicholas. But, at least for the time being, we have no treatment for disturbing persons. — Gene Wolfe