Lilaccoloured Quotes & Sayings

There are three things you cannot hide: smell of the garlic, fragrance of the flower and the wisdom of the teacher. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

The run of the ball is not in our court at the moment — Phil Neal

In matters of business, no woman stops at integrity. — Samuel Johnson

Always, sailing up from the south, from beyond the bend in the river, were clumps of water hyacinths, dark floating islands on the dark river, bobbing over the rapids. It was as if rain and river were tearing away bush from the heart of the continent and floating it down to the ocean, incalculable miles away. But the water hyacinth was the fruit of the river alone. The tall lilaccoloured flower had appeared only a few years before, and in the local language there was no word for it. The people still called it "the new thing" or "the new thing in the river," and to them it was another enemy. Its rubbery vines and leaves formed thick tangles of vegetation that adhered to the river banks and clogged up waterways. It grew fast, faster than men could destroy it with the tools they had. The channels to the villages had to be constantly cleared. Night and day the water hyacinth floated up from the south, seeding itself as it travelled. I — V.S. Naipaul

Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.
It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time. — Allan Wolf

The world will be the safest place when we learn to love and forgive our enemies. — Debasish Mridha

Obviously the holy practice (of polygamy) will commence again after the Second Coming of the Son of Man and the ushering in of the millennium. — Bruce R. McConkie

Pause for a moment and check where your own heart and thoughts are. Are you focused on the things that matter most? How you spend your quiet time may provide a valuable clue. Where do your thoughts go when the pressure of deadlines is gone? Are your thoughts and heart focused on those short-lived fleeting things that matter only in the moment or on things that matter most? — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. — Michel De Montaigne