Forasmuch As The Children Quotes & Sayings

There is enough oil in the ground to deep-fry the lot of us, and no obvious means to prevail upon governments and industry to leave it in the ground. — George Monbiot

Illness was a sort of occupation to me, and I was always sorry to get well. — Maria Edgeworth

For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked. — Venus Williams

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. — Stephen R. Covey

So how do you know when you're a winner? Easy. It's when good is not good enough. — Cara Chow

I don't know just what, but there will have to be some drastic changes made besides cutting down on boating to get my mind more on painting. — E. J. Hughes

We're all busy. Meditating monks in their cells are busy. That's adult life, filled to the ceiling with things that need doing. (It seems only children and the elderly aren't plagued by lack of time - and notice how they enjoy their books, how their lives fill their eyes.) But every person has a space next to where they sleep, whether a patch of pavement or a fine bedside table. In that space, at night, a book can glow. And in those moments of docile wakefulness, when we begin to let go of the day, then is the perfect time to pick up a book and be someone else, somewhere else, for a few minutes, a few pages, before we fall asleep. — Yann Martel

Every soil does not produce every material. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of youth should be accommodated to that form of government under which they live; forasmuch as it makes exceedingly for the preservation of the present government, whatsoever it be. — John Adams