Leidel Kracht Quotes & Sayings

Socrates called himself a midwife of ideas. A great book is often such a midwife, delivering to full existence what has been coiled like an embryo in the dark, silent depths of the brain. — Clifton Fadiman

In Christ's grace, there is freedom to be honest and transparent. When we embrace that security and freedom, then we end up pointing others to the only Source of healing and forgiveness. — Matt Chandler

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. — Dale Carnegie

Let us be French, let us be English, but most importantly let us be Canadian! — John A. Macdonald

Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures. — Tony Dungy

I think we need to recognize that learning is a lifelong goal, a lifelong experience. — Adrian Grenier

The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address. — Leslie Nielsen

At the bottom of every person's dependency, there is always pain, Discovering the pain and healing it is an essential step in ending dependency. — Chris Prentiss

Joseph [Millar] is much more disciplined than I am. He's up every morning meditating, then he writes, and he reads throughout the day. He probably reads ten books to my two and writes twice as much as I do. — Dorianne Laux

I'm really fascinated by the self and how our selves shift and change over time and in relationship to different people. — Lynn Shelton

Health is value greater than studying. — Thomas Jefferson

However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile. — Ousmane Sembene

The mind never puts forth greater power over itself when in great trials, it yields up calmly its desires, affections, and interests in God. There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act. Composure is often the highest result of power. Do you think it demands no power to calm the stormy elements of passion, to moderate the vehemence of desire, to throw off the load of dejection, to suppress every repining thought when the dearest hopes are withered, and to turn the wounded spirit from dangerous reveries and wasting grief, to the quiet discharge of ordinary duties? Is there no power put forth, when a {woman}, stripped of {her} property, of the fruits of a life's labors, quells discontent and gloomy forebodings, and serenely and patiently returns to the tasks which Providence assigns? — William Ellery Channing

Stealing isn't so easy, often it's hard work, otherwise we'd all be doing it. — Elfriede Jelinek