Famous Principled Quotes & Sayings

How do you know when a lead singer's knocking at your door?" he asked. "He can't find the key and doesn't know when to come in. — Kelly Oram

All my friends are in my books. — B. Cameron Lee

All I want is somebody to ask me what happened. Then, I'll get on with my life. — Chuck Palahniuk

No one can give you faith. It is a gift from God alone. Seek and ye shall find. Read the Gospels. There is no other way. — Jennifer Worth

'Savage Inequalities' was about school finance, and 'Amazing Grace' primarily dealt with medical and social injustices in New York. But with 'Ordinary Resurrections,' I had no predetermined agenda. When I met with the children, I was not in pursuit of any line of thinking. In our conversations, I let them lead me where they wanted to go. — Jonathan Kozol

What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect that private men enjoy! And what have kings that privates have not too, Save ceremony, save general ceremony? — William Shakespeare

They're just memories now. Time to write them off. — Jeffrey Eugenides

Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous, outspoken, and inconveniently willful? "Keep her," I replied ... The suffragettes refused to be polite in demanding what they wanted or grateful for getting what they deserved. Works for me. — Anna Quindlen

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years. — Will Durant

In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life. — Veronica Roth

I got strep throat last week and finished my antibiotics on the Wednesday before coming here, so yesterday was my first day off antibiotics. They take a lot out of you, but it was kind of an advantage ... Instead of concentrating on everything, I was concentrating more on the breathing and relaxing. That also really helped me. — Gabrielle Daleman