Nahyan Camp Quotes & Sayings

I now realize that a broken back, failed surgery, and Stage IV cancer are three of the greatest things that ever happened to me. Three of the most positive, transformative things that ever happened to me. They helped me become a vastly better person than I ever was, and I am eternally grateful for that. — Brad Willis

It is easier to stand in front of a bullet than it is to stand up to the world. — Lori Goodwin

I did not know that mankind was suffering for want of gold. — Henry David Thoreau

The history of thought, and therefore all history, is the re-enactment of past thought in the historian's own mind. — Robin G. Collingwood

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches. — Nick Lowe

I miss my father. I miss my grandfather. I miss my home. And I miss my mother. But the thing is, for almost three years, I managed not to miss any of them. And then I spent that one day with that one girl. One day ... It was like she gave me her whole self, and somehow as a result, I gave her more of myself than I even realized there was to give. But then she was gone. And only after I'd been filled up by her, by that day, did I understand how empty I really was. — Gayle Forman

The iron bolt ... mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in a gloomy prison. — Charles Spurgeon

Gentle Mother, font of mercy,
save our sons from war, we pray,
stay the swords and stay the arrows,
let them know a better day,
Gentle Mother, strength of women,
help our daughters through this fray,
soothe the wrath and tame the fury,
teach us all a kinder way. — George R R Martin

The Coen brothers said something that helped me, When you put the book down, you have a certain feeling, a certain understanding. That's what they need to feel when they walk out of the theater. That's your job, to literally put this book on film, you won't make a good movie, you'll do no service to anyone. — Angelina Jolie

When we engage people in conversations about great work, we're not asking them to solve a problem for us. We're not selling something, nor are we asking for some kind of handout. What we're really doing is inviting them to participate with us in the shared enjoyment of making a difference. — David Sturt

Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear. — Sivananda

I think maybe I had a first sense then of the power of story, and realised that time had done what Time sometimes does to hardship, turn it into fairy tale. — Niall Williams