Filaretova Quotes & Sayings

While we maintain the unity of the human species, we at the same time repel the depressing assumption of superior and inferior races of men. There are nations more susceptible of cultivation, more highly civilized, more ennobled by mental cultivation than others - but none in themselves nobler than others. — Alexander Von Humboldt

The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions. — Conor Oberst

Everyone knows that on any given day there are energies slumbering in him which the incitement's of that day do not call forth. Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. The human individual usually lives far within his limits. — William James

But there was always something about hay that always put her in a better mood. It smelled like summer, fresh, and clean. Full of the promise of renewal; of sustained life. — Sarah Price

Nothing smells worse than a mans restroom in a bar, well that's what the lady told me when I called her number from the wall. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

I'm not sure I even know what love is, but I've got my
hands full of something beautiful. — Angela Morrison

His whole face was soft now. He brushed the tears from my cheek with his lips. "That doesn't mean anything to me," he breathed against my skin. "You will always be the most beautiful thing in my world. Ofcourse ... " He hesitated, flinching slightly ... — Stephenie Meyer

Ask," promised Jesus, "and it will be given to you" (Matthew 7:7). "You do not have because you do not ask," said James (James 4:2). Even though there is no limit to God's goodness, if you didn't ask Him for a blessing yesterday, you didn't get all that you were supposed to have. — Bruce H. Wilkinson

COURAGE isn't an absence of fear. It is doing what you are afraid to do, letting go of the familiar and forging ahead into new territory. What I have discovered is that the best leaders have the courage to act - are willing to take the risk, make the statement, point the way, lead the way - when others hesitate out of fear. Effective leadership requires the ability to stand up, stand out, and the conviction to do it. I have never known a successful leader that was not courageous. — John C. Maxwell

If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined. — Paul J. Meyer

There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but once are very extraordinary animals. — Charles Caleb Colton