Medetkos Quotes & Sayings

The word which denotes the act of baptizing, according to the usage of Greek writers, uniformly signifies or implies immersion. — Adoniram Judson

I want nothing for myself ... My glory is and always will be ... the banner of my people, and even if I leave shreds of my life on the wayside I know that you will gather them up in my name and carry them like a flag to victory. — Evita Peron

Lyall's face went deadpan as he relayed the details, as those who are tortured or raped will become when they retell the pattern of abuse — Gail Carriger

My life is a plate of perfectly edible but ordinary scrambled eggs. I want them savory, creamy, cheesy and maybe with bacon on the side. — Varsha Bajaj

There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail — Michael Jordan

We have to be more royal than royalty itself or nobody will believe us. — Philippa Gregory

CHAPTER XXI THE EXPEDITION — Charles Dickens

What is boredom? Endless repetitions, like, for example, Navidson's corridors and rooms, which are consistently devoid of any Myst-like discoveries thus causing us to lose interest. What then makes anything exciting? Or better yet: what is exciting? While the degree varies, we are always excited by anything that engages us, influences us or more simply involves us. In those endlessly repetitive hallways and stairs, there is nothing for us to connect with. That permanently foreign place does not excite us. It bores us. And that is that, except for the fact that there is no such thing as boredom. Boredom is really a psychic defense protecting us from ourselves, from complete paralysis, by repressing, among other things, the meaning of that place, which in this case is and always has been horror. — Mark Z. Danielewski

A precipice cannot challenge the bird! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I can let go of the twenty-three-year-old idiot who didn't realize just how much he could love you. I can. He's gone. I can let go of the man who was so tied up in his own guilt that he didn't really see you for years. But I will never let go of the eighty-year-old man who will hold your hand until the day he dies. I will fight for that old man. I will never let go of him. — Lexi Blake

Negotiations with religious fanatics who have delusions of grandeur generally do not go well. — Peter L. Bergen

There are pages ripped out and taped all over one wall. (Not taped - stuck to the wall with spells.) (And this is exactly the sort of thing I'm sick of. Like, just use some tape. Why come up with a spell for sticking paper to the wall? Tape. Exists.) — Rainbow Rowell

The real question isn't "Why aren't you strong enough?" It's "Why do you keep doubting that you already are? — Linda Francis Lee

To make a thought my own, I must think it often. — Mason Cooley