Heifetz International Music Institute Quotes & Sayings

Alas! I thought I had only a friendship for you, but the grief I now feel convinces me, that I cannot live without you. — Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

But it's not enough to know right from wrong. You need the strength to do what's right, even when what you want most in the world is the wrong thing. — Cinda Williams Chima

What we have," Robert tells us, "is not democracy. It is imitative democracy. We have all the external signs. We have elections. We have a parliament. We have legislation. All the accessories of democracy. But anyone with common sense here knows we live in an authoritarian state. Putin has learned that if he offers the accessories of democracy, his regime can be very hard to accuse. The regime does one thing very well: It doesn't listen. So there can be free speech, channels of communication. But normally in a democracy, those voices affect decision making. In this country that doesn't happen. — David Greene

Happiness comes from actions. — Debasish Mridha

To the Finnish, being outdoors in nature isn't about paying homage to nature or to ourselves, the way it tends to be for Americans. We fetishize are life lists, catalog peaks bagged and capture pristine scenes of grand wilderness It is largely an individual experience. For the Finnish, though, nature is about expressing a close-knit identity. Nature is where they can exult in their nationalistic obsessions of berry-picking, mushrooming, fishing, lake swimming and Nordic skiing. — Florence Williams

You don't understand. How could you? We were in the worst sort of hell. We weren't living day to day or even hour to hour. We survived minute by excruciating minute. The next day was an eternity away and we didn't want it. Death wasn't the enemy. It was our salvation. — Maya Banks

The only team that believed in me was the Saints, and I feel like I owe them a great debt of gratitude. I want to give them what they saw in me-a guy who could lead this team to a championship. — Drew Brees

Space-time-causation, or name-and-form, is what is called Maya. — Swami Vivekananda

The hardest-working people don't work hard because they're disciplined. They work hard because working on an exciting problem is fun. — Drew Houston

Why should we rise because 'tis light?
Did we lie down because t'was night? — William Shakespeare

My nephews all look at me differently now. Before, they couldn't relate to me, and now I'm like a god. — Ruth Buzzi

God is willing to reveal His plans to us and His ways, if He sees that we are willing to stand till the end and take responsibility for our nation — Sunday Adelaja