Ejemplares English Translation Quotes & Sayings

Had he not been the keeper of the flame, of anguish, trapped under the brilliance of what she had been to him? He had been a man of permanence, how could he have swayed to emotion like this? — Noorilhuda

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it! — Robert Collier

They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It's the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn't have sisu, that's like spitting in his face. — Arthur Lydiard

What are you doing here?" she asked as she slowed from a jog to a walk and placed her hands on her hips. It would take her a few minutes to get her breathing back to normal. Longer if he kept smiling at her like that.
He shrugged. "I couldn't sleep. What about you?"
She opted for the obvious and filled her voice with as much sarcasm as she could. "I live here, actually — Kimberly Derting

We look for wonders and the unseen reality-the hand of God- in things extrordinary, when more often his presence is to be found in the unheralded, familiar, everyday events of which life is woven. — David G. Myers

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets. — Stephen Leacock

And this was the surprising thing about life on Berk. It was a bit like the sea itself. One minute it was all storms, and shipwrecks, and desperate escapes from deadly dragons, the next it was as calm, and peacefully restful, as if these things had never happened. — Cressida Cowell

Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving. — Richard Branson

One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters. — Natalie Goldberg

When I saw myself with barely any makeup at, it was such a ... like, I'm so, so attached to my pink lipstick, it's hard. I feel that it's become a part of me. To go in front of the camera, without pink lips or big ol' crazy lashes - you know, nothing - I felt naked. It was scary! So this photo shoot was a real accomplishment in my eyes. — Nicki Minaj

The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils. — Enoch Powell

I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. That's when I realized that since the age of 10 I've been using 2012 as my pin number. But now that I've won gold in the 2012 Olympics, I've achieved that goal and, for the first time in 14 years, I'll have to change my pin. — Cameron Van Der Burgh

Opportunities will often come at the unlikeliest of times. Sometimes they're because of instant connections. — Jason Landry

As soon as the victim steps out of the pact by refusing to feel ashamed," he said, "the whole thing crumbles. — Jon Ronson

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. — Virginia Woolf