Nystedt Prayers Quotes & Sayings

What is an optimist? The man who says, "It's worse everywhere else. We're better off than the rest of the world. We've been lucky." He is happy with things as they are and he doesn't torment himself.
What is a pessimist? The man who says, "Things are fine everywhere but here. Everyone else is better off than we are. We're the only ones who've had a bad break." He torments himself continually. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

They are often brave, I'm sure, but they are stupid, too, because they give their lives for governments and causes that use their flesh and blood as mere chess pieces. Those governments always betray them or let them down in the long run. Nations neglect no men more shamefully than the heroes of their wars. — Gregory David Roberts

The Universe has no intention. — Feliz Piez

My suitcase must absolutely contain my iPod. — Alexander Ludwig

excoriated and burned, mapped and measured and meted — M.L. Stedman

The things that concern us during the day are going to influence what we experience during the night. — Henry Reed

The greatest reward is not what we receive for our labor, but what we become by it. — John Ruskin

Let me tell you what I learned in the Hole. I learned that in suffering, we find the true measure of our strength. I learned that a man can be a coward one day and a hero the next. I learned that I'm not as good a man as I thought I was. But the most important thing is this: I learned that though it costs me dearly, I can change. I learned what has been broken can be made new. Do you know who taught me that? A prostitute. In a bitter woman who made her living in shame, I found honor, courage, and loyalty. She inspired me and she saved me. -Logan — Brent Weeks

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard. — Adlai E. Stevenson

Look, the FBI has the tools necessary un-American activities in our country. It goes on, we shouldn't even be talking about it. — Jeb Bush