Fatuma Ali Quotes & Sayings

We get discouraged sometimes when people look at surface only and neglect the message. — Dawn Angelique

They wouldn't let me into Germany from 1998-2000 because I bumped into the chancellor's daughter on my skateboard. — Patrick Carman

I must write. If I stop writing my life will have been an abject failure. It is that already to other people. But it could be an abject failure to myself. I will not have earned death. — Jean Rhys

Once I could no longer find a way to theologically maintain God and hold onto the significance of my historical moment, letting go of God was natural. — Anthony B. Pinn

Successful people fail their way to the top! — Jeff Olson

Respect is the only perfect bridge between friends. — Pavan Choudary

I was called a bookish child. Mother sent me to a ballet teacher in Cincinnati when I was nine years old. I guess I was an awkward child and the family wanted me to be graceful. When I found out I liked to dance and people seemed to like to watch me, I was determined to go places. — Vera-Ellen

He brought up both hands to hold my face. "I would die for you, Isabelle."
"No." I shook my head. "Live for me. — Lisa Kessler

Nancy took her tiny little baby and held him down toward Norton.
"Look Norton," she said, "This is a baby."
Norton looked up at Charlie, took him in, and sort of nodded as if assimilating the information.
There was a very long pause, and then I heard Nancy gulp.
"You've finally done it," she said to me.
"What?" I wanted to know.
"Most mothers would have said, 'Look, Charlie, this is a cat.'"
I started to laugh.
"Not with Norton," I said. — Peter Gethers

Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you dared ask or think. — Timothy Keller

She entered my life during a brief period when all the stars had momentarily aligned.
It wasn't until it all exploded, throwing my entire world out of orbit, that I realized she was the greatest gift I'd ever been given. — Aly Martinez

As a citizen of a community, if you never vote or engage, don't be surprised when the outcome doesn't serve your interests; you've never done anything to push things in the right direction. — Rebecca MacKinnon

Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond. — Andre Maurois