International Migrants Day Quotes & Sayings

Beauvoir was untouched by the criticisms; her diary was a record of one consciousness, her own: "This is what I saw and how I saw it. I have not tried to say more. — Alice Kaplan

Wild waves rise and fall when they arrive
And that's what makes the calm sea alive — Munia Khan

We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding. — Mahatma Gandhi

Fear never wrote a symphony or poem, negotiated a peace treaty, or cured a disease. Fear never pulled a family out of poverty or a country out of bigotry. Fear never saved a marriage or a business. Courage did that. Faith did that. People who refused to consult or cower to their timidities did that. But fear itself? Fear herds us into a prison and slams the doors. Wouldn't it be great to walk out? — Max Lucado

I love you' is what people say when they have run out of words and can't say anything else. It is like reaching out a hand in desperation. — Thomas Perry

...much of what the church calls sin is simply being human. — Ursula Hegi

The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don't have much personal use for money. — George Soros

Can we just do this?" Ray asked tightly, clinging to Zheng's already slightly elongated arm. Because Louis-Cesare wasn't the only one with a master power around here.
"Let go," Zheng told him. "I'm the rubber band; you're the spitball. And spitballs don't hold on to rubber bands."
"Die in a fire," Ray told him savagely. But he let go. — Karen Chance

When the door to suicide opens it becomes a viable option that you never considered before, but, once ajar, it initiates an invasion strategy. Day by day thoughts blacken under the occupation of the new inhabitant. It becomes an all-consuming addiction that makes its home in your head and heart and, before you know it, the whole neighbourhood is talking and thinking about suicide. Eventually, the mind is overwhelmed by the conspiracy of its own darkness and begins to wage war against the body. At this point, the body is powerless. — B.G. Bowers

Vishous, could you stop grinning like that? You're beginning to freak me out. — J.R. Ward

There are two kinds of experts: academic experts and practical experts. One is not better than the other, but they are very different, and each offers very different value. — Simon Sinek

Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today. — Stephen Hawking

We are beset by problems and if we look for their source, we find they arise because of our selfishness, because we tend to pursue our own interests at the expense of others. Our various religious traditions exist to help us reduce these problems. They all teach ways to overcome suffering through cultivating love and compassion, tolerance, patience and contentment. — Dalai Lama

I want my flowers while I'm alive. — Chubby Checker

Writing is fifty years behind painting. — Brion Gysin