Jock Cranley Quotes & Sayings

For 2,500 years, India has never invaded anybody. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Kids can still call me Shaq, but adults should call me Dr. O'Neal. — Shaquille O'Neal

If you step on people in this life, you're going to come back as a cockroach. — Willie Davis

Through sheer volume of passing days you will travel a great distance in your lifetime. Imagine where you might stand if your footsteps steered toward a single goal. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Parent could embarrass their kids during the teenage years, but only a true virtuoso could embarrass them into their twenties and beyond. — Danielle Monsch

Every line we succeed in publishing today - no matter how uncertain the future to which we entrust it - is a victory wrenched from the powers of darkness. — Walter Benjamin

Is it my fault if I do not look like an English girl and I do not talk like a Nigerian? Well, who says an English girl must have skin as pale as the clouds that float across her summers? Who says a Nigerian girl must speak in fallen English ... ? — Chris Cleave

Not facing the growth that we have to face always leads to further suffering - and the further suffering is usually progressively worse. — Anonymous

Let's try our best? I hope that someday the many, many tears that were shed will be worth it. — Natsuki Takaya

I was in Sarasota, Florida, on a spring-break trip with my friends Bruce and Karen Moore. Bruce and I were waiting on the beach for the rest of our crew when and a man and his grown kids came strolling up the sand. They looked at me for a minute, sort of hesitating, and then asked, "Would you mind taking a picture?" "Sure," I said, and quickly arranged all of us in a line, putting myself in the middle and motioning to Bruce to come snap the photo. Right about that time, the father said, "Actually, we were wondering if you could take a picture just of us." An understandable mistake on my part, but really embarrassing. Bruce has had a field day reminding me of that one ever since.

Lesson learned: Never assume anything about your own importance. It's a great big world, and all of us are busy living our lives. None of us knows all the time and effort that another person puts into his or her passion. — Amy Grant

You have times when you are extremely happy, times of testing, and times of trial, but the Lord guides you through all of those growth experiences together. — Richard G. Scott