Famous Roman Gladiators Quotes & Sayings

Persistence is a state of mind, therefore it can be cultivated. Like all states of mind, persistence is based upon definite causes, — Napoleon Hill

I am highly favored by God, I experience great victories, supernatural turnarounds, and miraculous breakthroughs in the midst of great impossibilities. — DMX

No, Xander. Not this time. You don't lie to someone you're in love with. You don't keep secrets from each other. But you do. You don't trust me. You went inside my head and took something from me and you think it's okay. It's not! I'm not your human pet who you can do whatever you want with. — Ashlan Thomas

We'd like to think our consumers are listening. But in reality, the milder weather the last few days probably has a lot to do with it. — Kevin Cook

It is a blessed lesson for us to learn that we are entirely dependent upon God for all things, but especially for spiritual things. You will not pray unless He gives you the Spirit of supplication. You will have no tenderness of heart unless He works repentance in you. You will have no more faith unless faith is constantly bestowed by God. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The right attitude is everything! — Lorii Myers

You would like to cure yourself of unbelief and ask the remedy for it. Learn of those who have been bound like you, and who now stake all their possessions. These are people who know the way which you would follow, and who are cured of an ill of which you would be cured. Follow the way by which they began; by acting as if they believed, taking the holy water, having masses said, etc. Even this will naturally make you believe, and deaden your acuteness. — Blaise Pascal

I'll wait until we're both older," the kid went on, "and then I'll nail her."Van hit the brakes. "What?""Like you and Aunt Irene."Panic beginning to set in, Van asked again, "What?""That's what you told her last night when I was scrubbing the pots from dinner. You were going to nail her. Then you laughed."Oh, shit. "Uh, Ric ... ""And so I'll just wait until my future mate and I are older and then I'll nail her. Or we'll nail each other. That sounds like more fun. Nailing each other.""Listen, Ulrich - ""What is that, anyway? Nailing? The way Aunt Irene smiled when you said it; I'm guessing its fun, right? — Shelly Laurenston

All the world's a stage we're going through. — Lorrie Moore

But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction. — Joseph Rotblat

There are more and more visibly weird and freaky people in the world these days, and it's high time we stop carrying forward the junior high school dynamic of excluding them all from our lives or worse ... nailing them to some cross. — Kate Bornstein

The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of all charitable work in churches and other private organizations: assist those who need help, and equally important, don't assist individuals who can take care of themselves. — Mark Skousen