Nievera Nebraska Quotes & Sayings

What you are alone is what you are. — Adrian Rogers

You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that era where grades were out the window. But I did very well in school. I didn't really study the arts; I practiced the arts. — Julie Taymor

Plants want to grow; they are on your side as long as you are reasonably sensible. — Anne Wareham

A child sees possibilities; an adult sees through the windows of harsh past realities. — Debasish Mridha

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment. — Stephen Covey

Denigrating ourselves is probably the major way that we cover over bodhichitta [open heart]. Does not trying to change mean we have to remain angry and addicted until the day we die? This is a reasonable question. Trying to change ourselves doesn't work in the long run because we're resisting our own energy. Self-improvement can have temporary results, but lasting transformation occurs only when we honor ourselves as the source of wisdom and compassion. We are, as the eighth-century Buddhist master Shantideva pointed out, very much like a blind person who finds a jewel buried in a heap of garbage. Right here in what we'd like to throw away, in what we find repulsive and frightening, we discover the warmth and clarity of bodhichitta. — Pema Chodron

I pledge allegiance to a country without borders, without politicians — Switchfoot

Courage is action, not talk. — Jeff Rich

It's Bush's baby, even if he shares its popularization with Gorbachev. Forget the Hitler 'new order' root; F.D.R. used the phrase earlier. — William Safire

You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever. — George Strait

A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected. — Reif Larsen