Marshal Saxe Quotes & Sayings

Strategic management is not a box of tricks or a bundle of techniques. It is analytical thinking and commitment of resources to action. But quantification alone is not planning. Some of the most important issues in strategic management cannot be quantified at all. — Peter Drucker

The fairy tale was back on. Prince returned, bad spell broken. I wasn't sure exactly what to do about the leftover, unresolved character. Where was his happily ever after? — Stephenie Meyer

Paul's favorite description of himself was doulos, which means "slave"-one purchased for service. He said the same status applies to all believers, for we all have been "bought at a price" (1 Cor. 6:20). We belong to the one who has paid for us in order to redeem us, and now we are called to serve Him. — R.C. Sproul

Our souls clung to each other as much as our bodies did. And yes, there was healing. — Mia Sheridan

Get a sense of humor. If you don't, it'll be incredibly frustrating. — Jon Stewart

Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That's how strong my love is. — Alicia Keys

Do not debate! is one of my inventions. — Deng Xiaoping

Sometimes I take the watch, or I take the shoes, but usually the souvenir is to take the life you had with those directors, or the crew - the camera person, the lighting person. When you finish a film it's like a little death. You had a family for a bit, and you finish the movie and you probably will never see each other again. — Jean Reno

A criminal is twice a criminal when he adds hypocrisy to his crime. — Marie Corelli

As much as I didn't want to, I had to read Jag's note. I pulled it out of my back pocket. His handwriting still made my breath catch, but when I opened it, I wanted to cry.

The paper contained two words: Fly, babe.

I shredded it into little pieces. Fly? The stupid boy wanted me to fly? I'd fly off the handle when I caught up to him. Then he'd see me fly. — Elana Johnson

It's difficult to focus on my studies when my best friend is struggling to get through the hour."
He hesitated. "So I'm your best friend now?"
My cheeks heated, and I shrugged. "It was between you and Sarit, and you have the piano. She just has honey. — Jodi Meadows

I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me. — Whitney Houston

I had a house in Haiti, in the hills above the North Atlantic coast. The house appeared as if out of a dream: my dream to have a foothold in the country. Like many concepts do in Haiti, the phrase 'pied a terre' became literal, material. — Madison Smartt Bell

Use makes a better soldier than the most urgent considerations of duty,
familiarity with danger enabling him to estimate the danger. He sees how much is the risk, and is not afflicted with imagination; knows practically Marshal Saxe's rule, that every soldier killed costs the enemy his weight in lead. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The pulse of lapping water; slow waves invisible in the dark; two entangled minds; two lives; two beating hearts. — D.J. MacLennan