Lertzman Eric Quotes & Sayings

It is utterly exhausting being Black in America - physically, mentally, and emotionally. While many minority groups and women feel similar stress, there is no respite or escape from your badge of color. — Marian Wright Edelman

I sincerely believe that there is nothing truly great in any man or woman except their character, their willingness to move beyond the realm of self and into a greater realm of selflessness. Giving back is the ultimate talent in life. That is the greatest trophy on my mantel. — Ozzie Smith

I am a tree in the forest, moving very slowly, only barely touched by the wind. Everyone else just moves past me, and I watch them go, because I cannot be moved from who I am. — Ned Hayes

The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

In a sense, the elaborate system of externalized memory we've created is a way of fending off mortality. — Joshua Foer

Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it. — Olivier Martinez

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. — Izaak Walton

He's not a killer. He just wins ... Thoroughly — Orson Scott Card

Success to me is being happy, truly fulfilled, being proud of myself, and doing different things all the time. — Leighton Meester

Seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes - some half-forgotten nook, hidden away by the fairies, out of reach of the noisy world - some quaint-perched eyrie on the cliffs of Time, from whence the surging waves of the nineteenth century would sound far-off and faint. — Jerome K. Jerome

The sky dreams of stars, the earth dreams of love. — Mihai Eminescu