Girded Loins Quotes & Sayings

I try to stay clear of karaoke because it normally involves an excess amount of drinking. — Sam Palladio

Humor is not funny. Humor is something else. Funny is a joke, sometimes silly. Comedy is deep and connected to tragedy; comedy could be deeper than tragedy, in my view. — Gerald Stern

Talent is the seed,
hard work is the stem,
perseverance is the branch,
and success is the fruit. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A person who is able to be a living centre of peace in today's world and who is able to radiate that peace powerfully, ceaselessly, will be in a position to give needy mankind the benefit it lacks most and is in greatest need of. — Roberto Assagioli

Don't let either hate or evil conquer you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The next visit I paid to Nancy Brown was in the second week in March: for, though I had many spare minutes during the day, I seldom could look upon an hour as entirely my own; since, when everything was left to the caprices of Miss Matilda and her sister, there could be no order or regularity. Whatever occupation I chose, when not actually busied about them or their concerns, I had, as it were, to keep my loins girded, my shoes on my feet, and my staff in my hand; for not to be immediately forthcoming when called for, was regarded as a grave and inexcusable offence: not only by my pupils and their mother, but by the very servant, who came in breathless haste to call me, exclaiming 'You're to go to the school-room directly, mum- the young ladies is WAITING!!' Climax of horror! actually waiting for their governess!!! — Anne Bronte

Picasso." He whispers like a priest. "Picasso. Who saw the truth. Who painted the truth, molded it, ripped from the earth with two angry hands. — Laurie Halse Anderson

There is no reason why capitalists and entrepreneurs should be ashamed of earning profits. — Ludwig Von Mises