Fortezza Quotes & Sayings

the value of a thing is not the thing but what is behind the thing — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

One soul, the Saviour, changes the course of history. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Abandon the idea that you will forever be the victim of the things that have happened to you. Choose to be a victor. — Seth Adam Smith

I think a high grammar standard may be a losing fight on the Internet. — Craig Lancaster

All jobs must be respected, because they are being done unto God. — Sunday Adelaja

The only thing more difficult than being a God is being Thom Yorke. Thom Yorke has all these responsibilities, to save the planet. To save the world. To redeem Thom Yorke. — Thom Yorke

I write for the same reason I eat chocolate - because it is, undeniably a compulsion. — Emma Shortt

Melons, peaches, apples, almonds, dates, Uighurs waiting in the shade, waiting for jobs, waiting for a drink of water, minarets above the rooftops. — Atticus Lish

As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration. — Laura Nyro

Sipping Bailey's Cream by the stereo, trying to find relief on the radio. I'm suppressing the tears. — Mariah Carey

What I told you about saving people isn't true. You might think it is, because you might want someone else to save you, or you might want to save someone so badly. But no one else can save you, not really. Not from yourself. [ ... ] You fall asleep in the foothills, and the wolf comes down from the mountains. And you hope someone will wake you up. Or chase it off. Or shoot it dead. But when you realize that the wolf is inside you, that's when you know. You can't run from it. And no one who loves you can kill the wolf, because it's part of you. They see your face on it. And they won't fire the shot. — Ava Dellaira

I love to tell how I'm suffering because one percent we're paying 25 percent of the total. We're not paying 25 percent of the total taxes on individuals. We're paying maybe 25 percent of the income tax, but the payroll tax is over a third of the receipts of the federal government. And they don't take that from me on capital gains. They don't take that from me on dividends. They take from the woman who comes in and takes the wastebaskets out. — Howard Warren Buffett

Someday you're gonna go stupid for a woman. And when you do, do me this one favor: don't get all caught up in the bullshit that's going on in your head. If it's right, then you put on your fuckin' big-boy pants and you go for it. — Justin Halpern

Inside your dream is a nation. To the rest of the world it is invisible, yet it is the only thing you see. It is your imagination. — J.R. Rim

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years. — Jennifer Weiner