Im Blessed Quotes & Sayings

A seeker of knowledge is the search for wise words. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think. — Helen Keller

It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance ... Everything is of the blood, of the senses. — Henry Williamson

The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean. — Sakya Pandita

What's the meaning of ignore? You hear somebody, but you never asnwer to him! — Deyth Banger

I don't think that we really know our animals. We think we do because we're humans, and we think we can control things like that. We don't know anybody that we love. It could be a girlfriend or a cat. I think we just have to be at peace with that. — Caroline Paul

Tungnath's lonely eminence gives it a magic of its own. To get there (or beyond), one passes through some of the most delightful temperate forest in the Garhwal Himalaya. Pilgrim, or trekker, or just plain rambler such as myself, one comes away a better person, forest-refreshed, and more aware of what the world was really like before mankind began to strip it bare. Duiri — Ruskin Bond

Only a cat can seem well-traveled without ever leaving home. — Wendy Beck

Taking a moment and a deep breath. Im truly thankful for everything life has shown me so far in my 20 years. I am so blessed. Just wow. — Nina Agdal

When the world started ending, everybody became a convert and wanted nothing more than to spout the virtues of whatever apocalyptic religion they had latched onto. I wasn't sure who, if any, of them were right, but my best bet for avoiding hell was avoiding death. — Amanda Hocking

Fear," he used to say, "fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe." That blew me away. "Turn on the TV," he'd say. "What are you seeing? People selling their products? No. People selling the fear of you having to live without their products." Fuckin' A, was he right. Fear of aging, fear of loneliness, fear of poverty, fear of failure. Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells. That was my mantra. "Fear sells. — Max Brooks

Luck is when determination meets opportunity — Richard Branson

Pressure to produce over the short term - a gun to the head of everyone - encourages excessive risk taking which manifests itself in several ways - fully invested posture at all times, the use of leverage, and a market centric orientation that makes it difficult to stand apart from the crowd and take a long term perspective. — Seth Klarman

Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength. — Mickey Kaus