English Teacher Rk Narayan Quotes & Sayings

Is it possible that the reasons you had for making that promise to yourself don't hold true anymore? Might it be the promise to yourself that's keeping you back, more than the reasons behind the promise? And if that's the case, you mustn't think of a promise to yourself in the same way as a promise to someone else. If you're changing your mind now, that's not wrong. What would be wrong would be to deny it or run away from it. I've sat up for too many nights with you not to know you've thought it all through. You have more courage than anyone else I know. But you're more stubborn, too. It would be hard for you to admit to yourself that it's time to change your mind. — Louise Harwood

Life + a cat ... adds up to an incalculable sum. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Wimbledon is not the tournament I love. I don't like how they treat the players. There are small things that don't cost them anything and they make such a big deal out of it. If they treat us this way, well, we have to treat them the same. We want to be respected, the way we respect Wimbledon, even if it is not the best Grand Slam on earth. — Marat Safin

You mind is well-spring of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There are some who apparently feel that the fight for freedom is separate from the Gospel. They express it in several ways, but it generally boils down to this: Just live the gospel; there's no need to get involved in trying to save freedom and the Constitution or stop communism ... Should we counsel the people, 'Just live your religion - there's no need to get involved in the fight for freedom?' No we should not, because our stand for freedom is a most basic part of our religion. — Ezra Taft Benson

She didn't believe it, and Jack somehow knew it. Every guy she'd ever been with had treated her the same as Ben. It was how men were. But Jack was different. — Jasinda Wilder

I've been doing the academic side of music and the rock side of music in conjunction, basically, since I was in fourth grade. — Glenn Kotche

Take it from me because I learned the hard way: circumcisions are best left to professionals. — Mark Hoppus

When you lay your head on the pillow at the end of the night, can you think of three things you did during the day to make your life better? Did you nourish your body? Your spirit? Your mind? If not, get back up and do something that good for YOU. — Toni Sorenson

For a moment something almost as rare as the sight that they had just witnessed occurred: Loki was totally lost for words. — Joanne Harris