Liliya Shakirova Quotes & Sayings

I feel like going to class every morning is so humbling. You're always working to improve, and you're always being critiqued on your next performance. It's not about what you've done. There's always room to grow. — Misty Copeland

The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind. — Marquis De Sade

Inside every bent stick there is a bow, and in the wake of every arrow's passing there lies a story. — Brian J. Sorrells

We must stay connected to vine to keep bearing fruits. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It smelled delicious but tasted of jealousy. — Katie Graykowski

People are certainly impressed by the aura of creative power which a writer may wear, but can easily demolish it with a few well-chosen questions. Bob Shaw has observed that the deadliest questions usually come as a pair: "Have you published anything?" - loosely translated as: I've never heard of you - and "What name do you write under?" - loosely translatable as: I've definitely never heard of you. — Brian Stableford

There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers. — Bernard Law Montgomery

Mathois said, 'The nearer a man comes to God, the more he sees himself to be a sinner. Isaiah the prophet saw the Lord and knew himself to be wretched and unclean (Is. 6:5). — Benedicta Ward

What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still small voices of the storm! — John Muir

The trail compels you to know yourself and to be yourself, and puts you in harmony with the universe. It makes you glad to be living. It gives health, hope, and courage, and it extends that touch of nature which tends to make you kind. — Enos Mills

I think it's much more natural as a writer to want to tell one story rather than lots of small stories that are half an hour long. — Alice Lowe

I'm not classically pretty; I've always been too heavy; I've had thyroid disease and it's very hard for me to lose weight - but I've always had men pursue me. I've always had that 'it' thing. God knows why. Maybe it's pheromones, I don't know. — Erica Jong