Islanova Quotes & Sayings

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues. — William Hazlitt

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror. — Ovid

A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts. — Martha Beck

Obviously, to be in the fear of the Lord is not to be scared of the Lord, even though the Hebrew word has overtones of respect and awe. "Fear" in the Bible means to be overwhelmed, to be controlled by something. To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love. It means that, because of his bright holiness and magnificent love, you find him "fearfully beautiful." That is why the more we experience God's grace and forgiveness, the more we experience a trembling awe and wonder before the greatness of all that he is and has done for us. Fearing him means bowing before him out of amazement at his glory and beauty. — Timothy Keller

I was interested in this because it bore out an opinion of mine that philosophy is an affair of character rather than of logic: the philosopher believes not according to evidence, but according to his own temperament; and his thinking merely serves to make reasonable what his instinct regards as true. — W. Somerset Maugham

I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress. — Ian McEwan

Mace really wanted to shift right then and there. Rip the mans throat out and bring his lifeless corpse back to Dez as a kinda pre-wedding gift. Although right in the middle of Macy's ... that might be a bit tacky. Even for him. — Shelly Laurenston

I am the sword in the darkness. — George R R Martin

Here lies Matthew Mudd,
Death did him no hurt;
When alive he was only Mudd,
But now he's only dirt. — Mel Blanc

It didn't take long for the anger to put the happiness in a headlock. — Jennifer Estep

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail. — Henry L. Stimson

I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political - everything. It has many layers. But art has to have many layers. If it doesn't, then forget it. — Marina Abramovic

God sometimes washes the eyes of His children with tears in order that they may read aright His providence and His commandments. — Theodore L. Cuyler

Suffering when cannot be avoided, is to help your way to glory ... all rivers flow into the same sea. — Paulo Coelho

Grace is when you know you're loved exactly as you are. — Rob Bell