Leavitts Quotes & Sayings

The primary place where most people lose energy is in their relationships with others. That means you lose your energy in your interactions with the people you know best. — Frederick Lenz

The greater part of the people we assign to educate our sons we know for certain are not educated. Yet we do not doubt that they can give what they have not received, a thing which cannot be otherwise acquired. — Giacomo Leopardi

The trouble with dictionaries is, they tell you more about words than you want to know without answering the question you have. — Andy Rooney

It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war. — Elihu Root

Umar, despite his strong character and impressive personality, had lost control of himself for a short while, his emotions seizing him so strongly that it brought out a heretofore unsuspected fragility, causing him to react like a child refusing the ruling of God, of reality, of life. By contrast, Abu Bakr, who was normally so sensitive, who wept so abundantly and so intensely when he read the Quran, had received the news of the Prophet's death with deep sorrow but also with extraordinary calm and unsuspected inner strength. At that particular moment, the two men's roles were inverted, thus showing that through his departure the Prophet offered us a final teaching: in the bright depths of spirituality, sensitivity can produce a degree of strength of being that nothing can disturb. Conversely, the strongest personality, if it forgets itself for a moment, can become vulnerable and fragile. The — Tariq Ramadan

I was a rebellious adolescent. It was the '60s. Everyone was rebellious. I hated high school. — George Dyson

Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land! — Harriet Beecher Stowe

I really like 'The Three Kings' DVD. I love that movie and all the extra footage and documentaries. — A. J. Cook

I lost my father when I was 13 years old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved. — Preity Zinta