Mackerras Beethoven Quotes & Sayings

The great spiritual task facing me is to so fully trust that I belong to God that I can be free in the world
free to speak even when my words are not received; free to act even when my actions are criticized, ridiculed, or considered useless ... I am convinced that I will truly be able to love the world when I fully believe that I am loved far beyond its boundaries. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation. — Bill Gates

Sometimes, at parties, people demand I tell a joke. It's like pointing a gun at my feet and telling me to dance. — Celia Rivenbark

Don't depend on recent or current figures to forecast future prices; remember that many others knew them before you did — Irving Kahn

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care. — Horace Mann

Bones heal, chicks dig scars, pain is temporary, glory is forever. — Mat Hoffman

I want to really start focusing on what I want to accomplish and what it is I want to achieve, but not micromanaging this or that and focusing on the little things. — Ricky Williams

Conscience is that candle of the Lord which was not quite put out. — Matthew Henry

You know that point in your life when you realize that the house you grew up in isn't really your home anymore ... All of the sudden, even though you have some place to put your shit, that idea of home is gone ... Or maybe it's like this rite of passage ... You will never have that feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start. It's like a cycle or something. Maybe that's all family really is: a group of people that miss the same imaginary place. — Zach Braff

Wounds get better. What makes grief get better?" "Nothing. Time can ease it, but nothing ends it. — N.K. Jemisin

Just because you didn't torture him doesn't mean you weren't rough, but I know why you did it." I threaded my fingers through his hair. "Thank you for trying to protect me." The barest smile touched his mouth. "I prefer simply killing people who hurt you. Much less complicated that way. — Jeaniene Frost

It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised that what used to be hard as hard can be grows harder yet. — J.M. Coetzee