Janish Jewels Quotes & Sayings

Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst. — J.C. Ryle

Pray daily.
Pray daringly.
Pray desperately.
Pray determinedly. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The man beside me, apropos of nothing, raises his hand and says that there is 'a story' that man started society because he was 'cast out of a garden because of a sin.' He doesn't attribute this anecdote, leaving it a blind item from a source we might not know. He seems nice enough but potentially dangerous. — David Rakoff

I've never been able to learn from other people's mistakes - I'm not that smart - so I usually learn by trial by fire. — Shia Labeouf

Look for the virtues of faithfulness instead of miracles — Sunday Adelaja

To live meant feeding my former self to my current self. — Cameron Conaway

She's not your friend. She's a barmaid. — Sara Gruen

I remind myself that I'm no longer a damsel in distress. I can think this through. What I can't do? Base my decision on fear. Because, while I might be free to make my choice right now, I'll never be free from the consequences of that choice — Gena Showalter

Perhaps it was as well that she had been unconscious for four weeks. She had missed the aftermath, the SO-1 reports, the recriminations, Snood and Tamworth's funerals. She missed everything ... except the blame. It was waiting for her when she awoke ... — Jasper Fforde

There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing. — Sandra Bernhard

When one has a text to question, it is irrelevant to ask the author. — Umberto Eco

On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure. — Joyce Carol Oates