Guneratne Franklin Quotes & Sayings

Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?" — Guy Finley

Don't let prayers get between you and God. The object of praying is not saying prayers. It is being with God. The different forms of prayer are simply means to open ourselves up to God's presence. Too often we confuse "praying" with "saying prayers." The more we pray, the more we want to pray. The less we pray, the less we want to pray. — Ken Untener

First open your heart, then open your Bible. — Rick Warren

Even though my mom herself was anxious, I think she didn't know how to deal with it in her kid, and my dad just had no conception of what this was about, and sort of didn't even want to acknowledge it. — Scott Stossel

Love is An invited deal for losing peace — Seema Gupta

The way I define what I do is, basically, I do whatever I want. — Spoken Reasons

Your father owns a history company?" I say teasingly.

Nick laughs. "No. Everyone on Wall Street has a history degree, though you'd never know it, the way they keep making the same mistakes, crash after crash. — Beatriz Williams

I learned to play guitar at a young age and converted poems and stuff that I had written to songs. — Gregory Harrison

Amazing." She breathed the word. "You will make a fine husband." A strong mate. "Actually, I'm the fly-away groom. It was nice meeting you, moonbeam. Best of luck on trapping some poor bastard into being your Stepford husband. — Eve Langlais

Don't be a passive partner. This relationship is not something that's happening to to you. We are the drivers here. You're pretending that you just can't resist me, so you're letting it happen. I need more from you. — R.K. Lilley

My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school, So? Did you learn anything today? But not my mother. Izzy, she would say, did you ask a good question today? That difference - asking good questions - made me become a scientist. — Isidor Isaac Rabi

The hearts gone bubonic with jealousy and greed, glinting through the vests and sweaters of anyone at all. — Margaret Atwood

The mistakes that I made I made because I drank too much. I don't think that's going to happen any more. Am I going to make mistakes as a parent? Sadly, every day. I'm looking around for the perfect parent and I haven't seen one yet. — Paula Poundstone

The true is not material reality only. — Jules Breton