Marzalo Quotes & Sayings

We grow up hearing so often that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points that we end up thinking it is also the best way to get there. A river knows better-:it has to do with how it dissipates the energy of its flow most efficiently; and how, in its bends, the sediment deposited soon turns into marshes and swampy islands, harboring all manner of interesting life, imparting charm and character to the whole waterway. I would defy you to find a river on this planet that prefers to run straight, unless it has been taught so by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. — Thomas W. Horton

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

How can a living man be a person who has nothing to lose? This is very absurd! Even a dead man has something to lose: His coffin! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Russia probably knows the true cost of revolutions better than most other countries. — Sergei Lavrov

My parents taught me that having a passion is a rare thing, so following it through and working hard, even when it's tough, is important. — Jessica Springsteen

Don't let a grade decide your self-worth. Personally, in my opinion, someone should gauge their self-worth on what they've accomplished that makes them feel good ... not in the hedonist aspect, but in the sense of personal accomplishment, as far as what they've accomplished for them, as far as their self-development and creativity is concerned. — Brandon Boyd

Be satisfied with nothing but your best. — Edward Rowland Sill

We have the ability to choose, we are God's higher form of creation, we surpass all other forms of life and we don't use the mental faculties we've been given. We don't even understand what we are capable of doing. School doesn't teach us anything about ourselves. So the more we learn about ourselves, the more we take control over our life. — Bob Proctor

Conflict is not in the feeling of being in love. The feeling of being in love is utterly without conflict. There is no loss of energy in being in love. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. — George Bernard Shaw

There are moments when we resort to senseless formulations and advance absurd claims to hide straightforward feelings. — Elena Ferrante

Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that. — Dan Aykroyd

The gifts of grace increase as the sorrows increase. — Rose Of Lima

But the very voices that cry hail to this good work are, strange to relate, largely silent or antagonistic to the higher education of the Negro. — W.E.B. Du Bois