Lufranos Quotes & Sayings

r Be gracious to me, O God, for man s tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; — Anonymous

Happiness is the joy in the heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Today, of course, there's no need to forage and hunt to survive. Yet our genes are coded for this activity, and our brains are meant to direct it. Take that activity away, and you're disrupting a delicate biological balance that has been fine-tuned over half a million years. Quite simply, we need to engage our endurance metabolism to keep our bodies and brains in optimum condition. The ancient rhythms of activity ingrained in our DNA translate roughly to the varied intensity of walking, jogging, running, and sprinting. In broad strokes, then, I think the best advice is to follow our ancestors' routine: walk or jog every day, run a couple of times a week, and then go for the kill every now and then by sprinting. — John J. Ratey

Sometimes our path is difficult ... because the ending is worth it! — Milan Ljubincic

Let me first assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. — William Manchester

It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres. — Arthur Helps

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare. — Georges Jacques Danton

Robbie Oliver could call me Pooey-Poo-Poo Smelly Face if he wanted to. — Karina Halle

Accepting that we are angry is a healthy and appropriate response as long as we don't get stuck in it. Acknowledging it is one way of going through it. — Madeleine L'Engle

Life and death in the critical first hours of a calamity typically hinged on the preparedness, resources, and abilities of those in the affected community with the power to help themselves and others in their vicinity. Those who did better were those who didn't wait idly for help to arrive. In the end, with systems crashing and failing, what mattered most and had the greatest immediate effects were the actions and decisions made in the midst of a crisis by individuals. — Sheri Fink

But the church, like a tender, loving mother holds aloof from active punishment herself, as the sinner is too severely punished already by the civil law, and there must be at least someone to have pity on him. The church holds aloof, above all, because its judgment alone contains the truth ... — Fyodor Dostoyevsky