Montesol Homeowners Quotes & Sayings

The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup. — Confucius

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort. — Jostein Gaarder

The most beautiful experience in the world is the experience of the mysterious. — Albert Einstein

In Las Vegas, the magnitude is impressive, but the humanity is gone. It feels like you're being intimidated out of your money instead of inviting you to come have this experience. — Eric Whitacre

I long ago gave up defending humanity. It's beyond me on most days to defend myself. — Lionel Shriver

she looked like something chiseled from a memory of a lost and long forgotten god. — Asghar Abbas

Look for rash guards that come treated, for further sun protection, and never forget your hat! — Christie Brinkley

Street cred is hard won and Destiny requires you to pay it forward. God helps you through hard times so you can help someone else. — T.D. Jakes

Simply put, the promises of God are not automatic; they must be acquired by faith. — John Bevere

In order to understand what is meant by the word 'brain' as it is used by neuroscientists, we must bear in mind the evidence that this organ contains in some recorded form the basis of one's whole conscious life. It contains the record of all our aims and ambitions and is essential for the experience of all pleasures and pains, all loves and hates. — John Zachary Young

Seated at the table, high in her firmament of gin, she looked critically at her brother and his wife, remembering some real or imagined injustice of her youth, for with any proximity the constellations of some families generate among themselves an asperity that nothing can sweeten. — John Cheever

Maybe that's what grown-ups did. They kissed your breasts and then pretended it meant nothing. And if they could pretend really well, it meant they were really grown-up.
Or maybe they kissed your breasts and it really was nothing.
How was that possible? To touch another human being that way and have it mean nothing?
But maybe if you could do that, it meant you were really grown-up. — Paullina Simons

Never say you will pray about a thing; pray about it. — Oswald Chambers

The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the boarders, searching out new lands into which she may guide her plodding brother. The imagination is the light which redeems from the darkness for the eyes of the understanding. Novalis says, 'The imagination is the stuff of the intellect' -affords, that is, the material upon which the intellect works. — George MacDonald

What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice. — Charles Baudelaire