Life4c Quotes & Sayings

I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits. — Michel De Montaigne

Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality. — Henry David Thoreau

Man's only enemies are within himself. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Clutter is the official language used by corporations to hide their mistakes. — William Zinsser

Language both reflects and shapes society. Culture shapes language and then language shapes culture. Little wonder that the words we use to talk to each other, and about each other, are the most important words in our language: they tell us who I am, they tell us who you are, they tell us who 'they' are. — Rosalie Maggio

There's only so far you can push a horse before it collapses — Ekaterina Sedia

Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do as they say, not as they do. — Billy Graham

I was in college when tens of thousands of people marched on Washington for the first Earth Day. Raw sewage floated in rivers and clouds of smog hung over cities. But then something amazing happened. People spoke out. Thousands of students, workers, and ordinary citizens used their voices to say, 'This has to change.' — Frances Beinecke

The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. — Gaylord Nelson

Remember that just because major publishing is having trouble, that doesn't mean people have stopped reading books. Printed books won't go away, but ebooks won't go away, either. — David Morrell

Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated. — William Wordsworth

I do feel like I have a direct connection with God for some reason; always have since I was a little kid - I would talk to God, talk to the sky. — Queen Latifah

Sergeant Hicks seemed to be laid out in squares as though he were constructed out of cinder blocks. There was a hardness to his body that made his uniform appear to be little more than a paint job. He walked as if each step he took was driving a hated enemy toward a precipice. — Pat Conroy