Happy 28th Birthday Quotes & Sayings

Beauty, however, must here be understood in its original meaning: as the glow of the true and the good irradiating from every ordered state of being, and not in the patent significance of immediate sensual appeal. — Josef Pieper

the reason Israel's story matters is that the creator of the world has chosen and called Israel to be the people through whom he will redeem the world. — N. T. Wright

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up. — Paloma Faith

Strength comes from struggle. When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from "I can't do this" to "I must do this. — Toni Sorenson

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed. — Nastia Liukin

It's not the who, what, where, when or how that people care about. It's the why. — Amy Jones

Their garment? Have they but one?"
"Ah, good your Worship, what would they do with more? Truly they have not two bodies each. — Mark Twain

He turned, stood above the crowd gazing up at him. There was silence in the
square. And yet he had never felt such complete communication. It was as though they read each other's thoughts, as though they were one and the same: they were part of him,every Florentine standing below, eyes turned up to him, and he was a part of them. — Irving Stone

Help each other. Love everyone. Every leaf. Every ray of light. Forgive. — Terrence Malick

Yes, sometimes it's the strangers that sustain you. — Zadie Smith

The bacillus of efficiency has also attacked football, and some dare to ask what's the point in playing well. I feel tempted to tell about the time they dared to ask Borges what is poetry for, to which he answered: 'What is a sunrise for? What are caresses for? What is the smell of coffee for?' — Jorge Valdano

Apple is this great American company that could have only happened here. — Tim Cook

The formality that is left in the South now is quite dead and done for of course. — Flannery O'Connor

I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But Louis Armstrong was playing it and singing the song to me. I woke up-it's a borrowed melody no doubt-and wrote it down. If I hear a song and I choose not to put it down, that's me neglecting to accept that song. I think there's a very spiritual and godly-type ting that happens, and it happens to way more people than we know. It's just that very few of us choose to engage it. — Scott Avett