Hamadou Issaka Quotes & Sayings

But at the heart of character is the ability to restrain our desires. As a man grows in character, he builds the muscles of self-restraint. — Richard E. Simmons III

The dreamers are the saviors of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful visions of their solitary dreamers. — James Allen

You are not the fat girl. You are voluptuous!...You are an angle descended from the heavens, a goddess of plenty walking among the denizens of hell where stick figures reign supreme. — Alesia Holliday

That didn't seem to reassure Nico, but his eyes were — Rick Riordan

For the first time in my life I began to realize that it is not evil and brutality, but nearly always weakness, that is to blame for the worst things that happen in this world. — Stefan Zweig

I guess I always knew going into the movie that casting that part would be difficult. Oliver just felt likeable. I felt it would be hard to dislike this man. I don't know why, but I'm sure other directors have felt the same when casting him. Oliver is goofy yet formidable, smart but likeable ... I didn't want the character of Alex to be nasty or demonised. I wanted him to be struggling with his actions. — Nicole Holofcener

Change your thoughts and change your world — Norman Vincent Peale

Eleutheria, the fire is burning. Eleutheria, the tables are turning. — Lenny Kravitz

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature. — Paul Cezanne

We must not be too prodigal with our angels; they are the last divinities we harbor, and they might fly away. — Jorge Luis Borges

My work in government has flowed from the fundamental idea of personal empowerment. It's about giving people the tools they need to pave their own way. — James Langevin

But truth, when it's being lived, is less glamorous than our imaginings. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

William McKinley has left us a priceless gift in the example of a useful and pure life, in his fidelity to public trusts and in his demonstration of the value of kindly virtues that not only ennoble but lead to success. — Grover Cleveland

To be in community is to be in personal, interdependent relationship, and it comes with a price: our illusion of independence, our freedom from obligation. You can't have it both ways. If you want community, you must be willing to be obligated, dependent, tied, attached. You will — Charles Eisenstein