Dontell Sheely Quotes & Sayings

The more we are oppressed by the cross, the fuller will be our spiritual joy. — John Calvin

I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they have this charism of giving you things you can build with. — Pope Francis

you devil's doll! — Anton Chekhov

Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally lend a certain rigid dignity of manner to the suffering frame. — A.S. Byatt

Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful. — Ann Voskamp

As a species we're pathetic in that way: imperfectly monogamous. If we could only pair-bond for life, like gibbons, or else opt for total guilt-free promiscuity, there'd be no more sexual torment. — Margaret Atwood

Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which I think can be too harsh, and what I see as a tendency in the West to be too permissive and indulgent. If I could do it all again, I would, with some adjustments. — Amy Chua

When man has a virtuous thought, Heaven will grant him support. — Wu Cheng'en