Namgyel Wangchuck Quotes & Sayings

It seems to me that everything is on its way to becoming something else, giving itself up in the service of another. In — Ayana Mathis

Sometimes it seems' said Grok, 'that the faces exist of themselves, in a disembodied somewhere, waiting for the clown who will wear them, who will bring them to life. Faces that wait in the mirrors of unknown dressing-rooms, unseen in the depths of the glass like fish in dusty pools, fish that will rise up out of the obscure profundity when they spot the one who anxiously scrutinises his own reflection for the face it lacks, man eating fish waiting to gobble up your being and give you another instead ... — Angela Carter

There cannot be enduring peace, prosperity, equality and brotherhood in this world if our aims are so separate and divergent, if we do not accept that in the end we are people, all alike, sharing the Earth among ourselves and also with other sentient beings, all of whom have an equal role and stake in the state of this planet and its players. — Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming. — George Muller

People might think that my queen should be highly educated, beautiful and the best of the best. Jetsun Pema is a kind-hearted girl who is very supportive and whom I can trust. I cannot say how she might appear to the people, but to me, she is the one. — Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Your life becomes precious when you use your thoughts and actions to make someone precious in your life. — Debasish Mridha

I will follow in my father's footsteps. My father set the bar very high. He was a wonderful leader. — Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it. — Charles Spurgeon

It doesn't matter when you get married as long as it is the right person. — Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same. — William Henry Vanderbilt

Style offers concrete rules you can follow. You can use it as a resource rather than a barrier to feeling good about yourself. — Stacy London

All of a sudden I found myself doing things like 'Robot Monster' and 'Cat-Women of the Moon,' and I didn't know what the devil was going on. But if you're going to do areally bad movie, at least you do one that is at the top of the all-time bad-movie list. — Elmer Bernstein

Now my playmates never failed to wink and smile mockingly at me when one of them called 'Man flies!' for at the word I would always lift my finger very high, as a sign of absolute conviction; and I refused with energy to pay the forfeit. The more they laughed at me, the happier I was, hoping that some day the laugh would be on my side. — Alberto Santos-Dumont