Hindernissen Kopen Quotes & Sayings

We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us. — Robert Hall

I don't think any change in the world has been more significant than the change in the status of women ... A woman's world was her home, her family, and perhaps a little community service. Today, a woman's world is as broad as the universe. — Belle S. Spafford

Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always be considerable, either because taxes cannot touch those who vote for them or because they are assessed in a way to prevent that. — Alexis De Tocqueville

The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just. — Thomas Jefferson

We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life. — P.D. James

There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature. — Victor Hugo

Random violence makes the news precisely because it is so rare, routine kindness does not make the news precisely because it is so commonplace. (104) — Matt Ridley

Who are you?" Her eyes snapped open, and her voice held a hysterical edge. "Do I even know who you are?"
He stepped over Walker's battered corpse and grabbed her by the shoulders, leaned down
so that his no-doubt foul breath washed over her face. "I am your husband, my lady."
She turned her face away from him.
He shook her. "The one you promised to obey always."
"Simon - "
"The one you said you'd cleave to, forsaking all others."
"I - "
"The one you make love to at night."
"I don't know if I can live with you anymore." The words were a whisper, but they rang in his head like a death knell. — Elizabeth Hoyt

Supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her. Her father was a clergyman, without being neglected, — Jane Austen

Don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it does. and don't tell me i look fine because that's a lie. — Jodi Picoult