Dr David Livingstone Quotes & Sayings

Seen from a higher perspective, conditions are always positive. To be more precise: they are neither positive nor negative. They are as they are. — Eckhart Tolle

When I conform my will, my desires, and my passions for the good of my family I conform myself to the will of God. — Darlene Schacht

Never underestimate the bad taste of the American public — H.L. Mencken

Passing inside they looked towards the bed. Dr. Livingstone was not lying on it, but appeared to be engaged in prayer, and they instinctively drew backwards for the instant. Pointing to him, Majwara said, "When I lay down he was just as he is now, and it is because I find that he does not move that I fear he is dead." They asked the lad how long he had slept? Majwara said he could not tell, but he was sure that it was some considerable time: the men drew nearer. A candle stuck by its own wax to the top of the box, shed a light sufficient for them to see his form. Dr. Livingstone was kneeling by the side of his bed, his body stretched forward, his head buried in his hands upon the pillow. For a minute they watched him: he did not stir, there was no sign of breathing; then one of them, Matthew, advanced softly to him and placed his hands to his cheeks. It was sufficient; life had been extinct some time, and the body was almost cold: Livingstone was dead. — David Livingstone

If you want to paint the inner life, you paint it from the exterior. From the exterior, you breathe the inner life into your painting. — Charlotte Rampling

Death is easier to bear without thinking of it, than the thought of death without peril. — Blaise Pascal

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation. — Charles Evans Hughes

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories. — Bjorn Borg

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes. — Christopher Reeve

Dr. David Livingstone left the Island of Zanzibar in March, 1866. — Henry Morton Stanley

You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want. It's society that creates rules for us, but you can break out of that. — Zola Jesus

My arrival
Her womb's delight
Her existence
My living light
Her wounds
My scars
Her skies
My stars
Her days
My hours
Her strength
My powers
I breathe my name
Being her child
Without mother
Life's beguiled
From the poem 'Mother — Munia Khan