Findlays Ltd Carleton Quotes & Sayings

Something deep inside each one of us seeks to prove we are good enough--to our parents, our friends, ourselves, God. We do this because we know deep down that we aren't good enough, and the illusion of feeling like good people feels better than the reality of knowing we are not. — Chris Tomlinson

A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression, of increasing armaments, of shortening tempers
a situation which has in it many of the elements that lead to the tragedy of general war ... Peace is threatened by those who seek selfish power. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Science and religion, religion and science, put it as it may, they are the two sides of the same glass, through which we see darkly until these two focus together, reveal the truth. — Pearl S. Buck

Of all modes of transport, the train is perhaps the best aid to thought. The views have none of the potential monotony of those on a ship or a plane, moving quickly enough for us not to get exasperated but slowly enough to allow us to identify objects. They offer us brief, inspiring glimpses into private domains, letting us see a woman at the precise moment when she takes a cup from a shelf in her kitchen, then carrying us on to a patio where a man is sleeping and then to a park where a child is catching a ball thrown by a figure we cannot see. — Alain De Botton

Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift. — Lionel Messi

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. — David Carradine

They (Amish) don't take no for an answer. — Cynthia Keller

We all tend to look for life horizontally when the reality is that we will only ever find life vertically. — Paul David Tripp

I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they're just books. If they can be movies that's okay. But I would write a novel that couldn't be a film. — Augusten Burroughs

I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone. — Octavia Spencer

Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence — Hans Christian Andersen

The reduction in a number of pregnancies is - compensates for the cost of contraception ... Providing contraception as a critical preventive health benefit for women and for their children reduces health care. — Kathleen Sebelius

The whole life story of Jesus, on the human side, is the life story of One who lived by faith. — G. Campbell Morgan