Herning Quotes & Sayings

In ancient Rome, when a victorious general paraded through the streets, legend has it that he was sometimes trailed by a servant whose job it was to repeat to him, " Memento Mori": Remember you will die. A reminder of mortality would help the hero keep things in perspective, instill some humility. Job's memento mori had been delivered by his doctors, but it did not instill humility. Instead he roared back after his recovery with even more passion. The illness reminded him that he had nothing to lose, so he should forge ahead full speed. " He came back on a mission," said Cook. " Even though he was now running a large company, he kept making bold moves that I don't think anybody else would have done. — Walter Isaacson

He seemed to say to Fate: You wouldn't dare. — Victor Hugo

If ever he had harboured a conscience in his tough narrow breast he had by now dug out and flung away the awkward thing - flung it so far away that were he ever to need it again he could never find it. High-shouldered to a degree little short of malformation, slender and adroit of limb and frame, his eyes close-set and the colour of dried blood, he is climbing the spiral staircase of the soul of Gormenghast, bound for some pinnacle of the itching fancy - some wild, invulnerable eyrie best known to himself; where he can watch the world spread out below him, and shake exultantly his clotted wings — Mervyn Peake

Governments must give to all those who have hit life's hurdles the chance to rebuild and have a future. — Pauline Hanson

I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew. — Tamara Tunie

Well, I think everybody's a little jealous of the Vietnam Wall, even people from wars that already have good monuments. You have a monument like the Wall and nobody ever forgets your war, you can bet on that. — Bruce Jackson

Once you get the beginning right, the ending almost writes itself. — Orson Scott Card

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times. — Aung San Suu Kyi

I enjoyed being president, but the campaign against Guinea worm [horrible disease] has opened up a completely new career that is challenging and unpredictable and adventurous - and very gratifying. — Jimmy Carter

I think its better to do whatever is going to make you feel the most peaceful and happy. - Shoe Addicts Anonymous — Beth Harbison

Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace. — James Gleick

I'm very lazy, it's just that I love music and I love the things that I get to do. That's why I feel so blessed. — Pharrell Williams