Hadrian's Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are all born with a belief in God. It may not have a name or face. We may not even see it as God. But it is there. It is the sense that comes over us as we stare into the starlit sky, or watch the last fiery rays of an evening sunset. It is the morning shiver as we wake on a beautiful day and smell a richness in the air that we know and love from somewhere we can't quite recall. It is the mystery behind the beginning of time and beyond the limits of space. It is a sense of otherness that brings alive something deep in our hearts. — Kent Nerburn

So much tension around here in New York. They want to fine you for every little thing you do. — Latrell Sprewell

Annie said her prayers, read her Bible, and tried not to forget God. Ah! could she only have known that God never forgot her, whether she forgot him or not, giving her sleep in her dreary garret, gladness even in Murdoch Malison's school-room, and the light of life everywhere! — George MacDonald

When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories. — Patricia Polacco

As a person navigating the waters of public scrutiny, you are often unable to hold on to personal heroes or villains. Inevitably you will meet your hero, and he may turn out to be less than impressive, while your villain turns out to be the coolest cat you've ever met. — Rob Lowe

It is never about how good your voice is; it is only about feeling the urge to sing, and then having the courage to do it with the voice you are given. — Elizabeth Berg

There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work. — Maynard Webb

A love of the republic in a democracy is a love of the democracy, as the latter is that of equality. A love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality. Since every individual ought here to enjoy the same happiness, and the same advantages, they should consequently taste the same pleasures and form the same hopes, which cannot be expected but from a general frugality. — Baron De Montesquieu