Korrine Portley Quotes & Sayings

Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity. — James Lee Burke

The axle of the wheels of the chariot of Providence is Infinite Love, and Gracious Wisdom is the perpetual charioteer. — Charles Spurgeon

No cowboy ever quit while his life was hardest and his duties were most exacting. — J. Frank Dobie

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. — Anonymous

In any culture, if information is to maximise in a contextual space, and new meanings be born, the original story has to have substance - there's gotta be gold in them thar hills. — Giles Foden

Books in the YA genre, in particular, should use proper grammar because they're more of an example to young people than adults books are. — Laura Kreitzer

He's evil, and the only thing that stops evil is death. — Kayla Krantz

These books are all refreshingly clear-headed and unfashionable, free of cant and free of Kant; — Edward Feser

Her lie was symptomatic of a certain pride she took in mocking the romantic, in being unsentimental, matter-of-fact, stoic; yet at heart she was the opposite: idealistic, dreamy, giving, and deeply attached to everything she liked verbally to dismiss as mushy. — Alain De Botton

Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice. — Samuel Johnson

When girls are educated and free to pursue their passions, they contribute more to a thriving society. When women have a voice, they raise it to demand a life that is greater than what they've been told they have a right to expect. And these demands change the future for everyone. — Melinda Gates

That's where the challenge has been. Balancing football and life. Trying not to replay every play in my head while I'm with my family. Sometimes, I've done it well. Other times, I haven't. — Chad Pennington

That's usually how they start, the young ones. Meaningless waffle. — Jonathan Stroud

The basis of any independent government is a national language, and we can no longer continue aping our former colonizers ... those who feel they cannot do without English can as well pack up and go. — Jomo Kenyatta