Inspirational Daisy Bates Quotes & Sayings

The cult of happiness turns into a huge concern which to my opinion is exactly contrary to what happiness should be: a paradise of enchantment. — Pascal Bruckner

I would close my eyes and dream of something strong, dream of horses exploding, rising into the air, their hearts beating survive, survive, survive. — Sherman Alexie

It's great to have gray hair. Ask anyone who's bald. — Rodney Dangerfield

What you believe determines the way you feel and act ... but it doesn't change the truth. — Steve Holt

Money is like manure: if you don't spread it around, nothing grows. — Tom Douglas

It is not bad that the main beneficiaries of freedom criticize open societies, where there is much that can be criticized. It is bad if they do so by taking the side of those who seek to destroy these open societies, replacing them with authoritarian regimes, as in Venezuela or Cuba. When many artists and intellectuals betray democratic ideals, they are not betraying abstract principles, but rather the thousands and millions of flesh-and-blood people who, under dictatorships, resist and fight to gain freedom. But the saddest thing is that this betrayal of the victims does not come from principles and convictions but rather from professional opportunism and posturing, gestures and actions adapted to circumstance. Many artists and intellectuals in our times have become very cheap. — Mario Vargas-Llosa

Sarita's been so busy exercising her brain that she hasn't had time for her heart, the poor thing. — Manil Suri

Wake up for your call no matter how many times you fall; Stand tall and stretch yourself once more. Rise up from the ground, roll the ball and be hopeful you will score! — Israelmore Ayivor

She'd eat with us. She'd want for nothing. It was the least I could do after what I was about to make her endure. — Rachel Van Dyken

In the meantime, when I wake in the night, I want more. I want what happened not to have happened, to have taken another course. — Colm Toibin

Ah, Maura, ye were right," he whispered. "All those years ago ye were right."
Alexander leaned forward, and Lochiel waved his hand in a dismissing gesture. "'Tis naught but somethin' Maura said tae me on our weddin' night. She said we Highlanders possess the pride o' lions. Like lions, we nae fear tae temper our actions, only pride tae govern them. — Marsha Canham

The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing. — Seneca.

The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld