Montenero Di Quotes & Sayings

The state of civil society, which necessarily generates this aristocracy, is a state of nature; and much more truly so than a savage and incoherent mode of life. For man is by nature reasonable; and he is never perfectly in his natural state, but when he is placed where reason may be best cultivated, and most predominates. Art is man's nature. We are as much, at least, in a state of nature in formed manhood, as in immature and helpless infancy. — Edmund Burke

True brokenness is a lifestyle - a moment-by-moment lifestyle of agreeing with God about the true condition of my heart and life - not as everyone else thinks it is but as He knows it to be. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss

You teach people how to treat you by what you accept. — Diamond Drake

I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is. I am for the Government of my fathers with negroes. I am for it without negroes. Before I would see this Government destroyed I would send every negro back to Africa, disintegrated and blotted out of space — Andrew Johnson

Father may have been wanting in some things, but here he was masterful. Night upon night, I marveled at his power to hold listeners in rapt attention. He could tell a story with such detail, such flourish, that afterwards a man could swear it had been his own memory, and not a tale at all. — Seth Grahame-Smith

You must guard your mouth, because no matter what you say, you are launching weapons of one sort or another. — Terry Law

Both sexes like the exercise and challenge of sports, but for men it's also a basic display behavior for impressing and winning a mate. — Helen Fisher

Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms. — Norman Vincent Peale

He'd never seen one so vibrant, though, or so vividly compelling ... those glowing green eyes sparkling with sunlight and curiosity and silent laughter, and when she glanced in Henry's direction, she held his gaze, a look that was both challenging and enigmatic ... He was utterly certain that this was Eleanor of Aquitaine, and no less sure that the French King must be one of God's greatest fools. — Sharon Kay Penman

If worship does not change us it has not been worship. — Richard J. Foster

Since I was 8 years old, I wanted to be a talk show host. — Ross Mathews

Worse than getting kicked out of your slot to go on to a winning season is to lead during a losing one. Nobody wants to be king of the losers. — A.D. Aliwat