Josef Kramer Quotes & Sayings

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength. — Ai Weiwei

I believe in the importance of unity among those who know Christ, who profess to be "Christians." ... I believe there is an important spiritual awakening beginning in the hearts of those truly committed to Christ in the Protestant and Catholic communities. Is it possible that Pope Francis may prove to be an answer not only to the prayers of Catholics, but also those known as Protestants? — James Robison

The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets Most perfect dies. — Maria Gowen Brooks

When someone walks in and you say "a six-foot-tall man," you miss the opportunity to describe what a six-foot-tall man would look like to your narrator, because how the narrator describes a six-foot-tall man says more about the narrator than about the man. — Chuck Palahniuk

Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away. — William Cowper

Spiritual strength frequently comes through selfless service. — Thomas S. Monson

To have loved and lost, either by that total disenchantment which leaves compassion as the sole substitute for love which can exist no more, or by the slow torment which is obliged to let go day by day all that constitutes the diviner part of love namely, reverence, belief, and trust, yet clings desperately to the only thing left it, a long-suffering apologetic tenderness this lot is probably the hardest any woman can have to bear. — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Why dwell on negative thoughts? When you can think positively. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way. — Melissa Leo

Meditation goes in. Prayer goes out. But they both aim for the same place of union between you and the devine. — Lisa Jones

A mystery is solved with a story. — Lemony Snicket

A woman's life, always changing, accommodating, then shedding, old duties for new; one person's expectations for another until finally, victoriously, emerging stronger. Complete. — Melanie Benjamin

Things become clear when there is no escape. — Pema Chodron

I read books that say if you want to keep sex hot you tell a person what you want. How do you tell 'em you want somebody else? — Elayne Boosler