Millicent Simmonds Quotes & Sayings

I think that people who want to change this planet have to seriously understand that as human beings we have to work to be good. — Assata Shakur

This life is your canvas; what will you make it? — Jayce O'Neal

When I was last in Paris I was dirt poor, hiding from the Vietnam War. One night, in an old church, I considered taking my life. I didn't know how to be so young and not belong anywhere, stuck among so many perplexing melodies. — Philip Schultz

Be willing to become the answer to God's heart cry — Sunday Adelaja

As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter. — Rex Stout

I find inspiration in literally just about everything. — Josh McDermitt

As I closed the door I caught a last glimpse of her through the round window, still sitting straight-backed and motionless with her hands folded in her lap: a queen in a fairy tale, left alone in her tower to mourn her lost, witch-stolen princess. — Tana French

Nervousness made her feel nauseous, almost like she had two hearts frantically beating in her chest, instead of one. — Caroline Hanson

You don't have to perceive the future as five or ten years from now. Tomorrow is the future. Ask God for that each day and slowly you'll begin to understand how important each day can be. — Carol Lynne

Magic must have meaning to hold power. You must believe in your
magic or it is useless. Focus is the key. Focus your mind and your spirit.
You must have a strong will to do what you must. Doubt causes weakness.
Weakness causes doubt. Fear cripples us. Believe in your power and you
will become powerful. — Cynthia Stacey

I reminded myself that time takes care of many things. Asia had thought me that. — Pearl S. Buck

If you score 20 goals one season, then you have to promise yourself that in the following season you will get 25. — Luis Suarez

The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a boy sitting in the dirt with his fingers in a mane of blond hair.
He stared at nothing. Expected nothing. Planned nothing.
Just sat. — Michael Grant

We can only re-tell stories; we attempt, in doing so, to tell new stories. Is there a way out of this bind? I think the trick is to enter into it completely. Avoid purity. The idea of perfection sounds awfully boring. — Robert Kroetsch

People love to hear good news about their bad habits. — John A. McDougall