Obolensky Publishers Quotes & Sayings

We all need something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for. — Dick Van Dyke

If you study the root causes of business disasters, over and over you'll find this predisposition toward endeavors that offer immediate gratification. — Clayton Christensen

i breathe in strength and release my fears — Anonymous

I am the devil. Here to do the devil's business. — Charles "Tex" Watson

To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman. — Hugh Blair

Who gave you the ability to contemplate the beauty of the skies, the course of the sun, the round moon, the millions of stars, the harmony and rhythm that issue from the world as from a lyre, the return of the seasons, the alternation of the months, the demarcation of day and night, the fruits of the earth, the vastness of the air, the ceaseless motion of the waves, the sound of the wind? — Gregory Of Nazianzus

Most people would have probably lost count around seven. This was, Harry knew
from his extensive reading on logic and arithmetic, the largest number that most people
could visually appreciate. Put seven dots on a page, and most people can take a quick
glance and declare, "Seven." Switch to eight, and the majority of humanity was lost. — Julia Quinn

All this I bear, for, what I seek, I know: Peace, peace is what I seek, and public calm: Endless extinction of unhappy hates. — Matthew Arnold

We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we are self-made. — Walter Brueggemann

Her feistiness might be my fuel, but her obedience is my fucking fire. Without — Pam Godwin

Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture. — Mark Dever

A woman's counsel brought us first to woe,
And made her man his paradise forego,
Where at heart's ease he liv'd; and might have been
As free from sorrow as he was from sin. — John Dryden

Everyday when you wake up, create the intention and then commit to making it your best day ever. Seriously. Do it. — Hal Elrod