Farjeon Morning Quotes & Sayings

You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose. — Mary Antin

No love-story has ever been told twice. I never heard any tale of lovers that did not seem to me as new as the world on its first morning. — Eleanor Farjeon

There is time for everything. As you sow, may you have the patience to wait for your harvest. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Being in love isn't always the fairytale we want it to be, but guess what? Fairytales aren't real. Love is, or it can be, if you meet its challenges head on. And being less than honest with someone you love is the worst possible thing you can do. — Carol Lynne

Stubborness we deprecate,
Firmness we condone,
The former is our neighbors trait,
The latter is our own. — John Wooden

The next time you drop my jacket, I'll drop you! — Vince McMahon

By privileges, immunities, or prerogatives to give unlimited swing to the passions of individuals, and then to hope that they will restrain them, is about as reasonable as to expect that the tiger will spare the hart to browse upon the herbage. — Charles Caleb Colton

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. — John Holt

We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our determination not to kill, either directly or indirectly, and also to prevent others from killing. — Nhat Hanh

The thing is, you try your best, and what else you got? You try your best, really, that's all you can do. And for me, my best happens really so rarely. — Junot Diaz

Morning has broken
Like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken
Like the first bird. — Eleanor Farjeon

Praise with elation
Praise every morning
Spring's re-creation
Of the First Day! — Eleanor Farjeon

Speaking the Lord's name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church ... we do not use foul language. We do not curse or defame. We do not use the Lord's name in vain. It is not difficult to become perfect in avoiding a swearing habit, for if one locks his mouth against all words of cursing, ... he is en route to perfection in that matter. — Spencer W. Kimball

Choose your battles,' I snarled at Aethelstan. 'That space between your ears was given so that you can think! If you just charge whenever you see an enemy you'll earn yourself an early grave.' Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg — Bernard Cornwell