Grette Associates Quotes & Sayings

Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift ... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others. — Barry Humphries

Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees. — J.C. Ryle

I don't think all life is precious. I know people say that all the time, "Life is precious." I think some life is precious, and some life is just a waste of protoplasm. Start over. — Bill Maher

There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have. — Publilius Syrus

The first step is always one of surrender. Not my will but your will be done. I believe the fastest way to get God's attention and become fruitful in the Kingdom is to surrender yourself to him. — Steve Uppal

Today - be the white clouds full of dreams and hopes in someone's sky. — Debasish Mridha

It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry, the craft in a man's hand and the wisdom in a tree's root: they all arise together. My name, and yours, and the true name of the sun, or a spring of water, or an unborn child, all are syllables of the great word that is very slowly spoken by the shining of the stars. There is no other power. No other name. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self. — Ramana Maharshi

I think, often, when you are in just a lot of pain, it comes out as anger. — Nell Hudson

For reasons I do not fully understand, some power is released through setting positive goals that would otherwise remain dormant. — C. Wagner

But what a horrible world 'society' is. — Elizabeth Bowen