Majorian Joles Quotes & Sayings

Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives. — Socrates

Nobody has the right to stand before God without holiness — Sunday Adelaja

Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong. — Jean Rostand

It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you. — John Travolta

There's this weird thing about acting where you have to wait for somebody to ask you to do it; like you have to wait for a director to say it's okay. — Tom Sturridge

The more you try to protect yourself from love, the more pain you bring to yourself and those that love you — April Mae Monterrosa

You cannot expect so much freedom in a land of 1.3 billion people. — Alex Chiu

I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb ... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that you should take of yourself and of all events is: what a glorious circus train this has been, and what a wonderful messy parade, and all of those steps took me here, where I precisely need to be now, so God bless it. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Something of defeat, something of tragedy, can be a sacrament because it stops us and causes us to look deeper. — Kathleen Dowling Singh

I felt this weird mix of disappointment and anger welling up inside of me. — John Green

There seemed to be something in him that made him different from most of the people he encountered in the office or in the train or in the park or at the houses of others. He could not succeed in defining what this difference was, and he simultaneously despised and congratulated himself for having it. He would sincerely have liked to be rid of it, but at the same time was pretty sure it was the best thing about him. — Robert Aickman

No one aspires to be the person who handles this kind of situation well. And we don't always handle it well. — Bruce Feiler

The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past. — Sylvia Plath

There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await my death indoors, dragging strangers up dusty staircases while coughing up one of the most thrilling phrases in the English language: "It was on this spot ... " My fantasy is to one day become a docent. — Sarah Vowell