Okisha Venable Quotes & Sayings

One in seven Americans, including more than 8 million children, does not have even basic healthcare coverage. — Dave Reichert

Humility is the prize of the leaf-world. Vain-glory is the bane of us, the humans. — Mary Oliver

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are. — Cesar Chavez

There's the landmark Columbia Restaurant. Try the paella, or the 1905 salad. That virgin olive oil they use!" Serge kissed his fingertips. "Know why it's called the 1905 salad? That's the year they first opened. Very historic. Over a hundred years in the same spot. And you know what that means? Everyone who ate those first salads: all dead. — Tim Dorsey

There is no muse of philosophy, nor is there one of translation. — Walter Benjamin

In 2008 all the stars aligned perfectly for Obama's 6-point victory over John McCain. He was an inexperienced, untested neophyte, and successfully convinced enough voters to paint their own version of what hope-and-change was all about on the blank canvas he provided. — Bob Beauprez

I often wonder if we could not solve the world's problems on a similar basis of harmony. — Artur Rodzinski

The differences between a competent person and an incompetent person are demonstrated in his environment (surroundings). — L. Ron Hubbard

Every Christian should become an ambassador of Christ ... every Christian should be so intoxicated with Christ and so filled with holy fervor that nothing could ever quench his [passion] ... Let us capture some of the magnificent obsession that [the] early Christians had! — Billy Graham

Artillery conquers and infantry occupies. — J. F. C. Fuller

When everybody agrees," Taggart's voice suddenly went shrill, "when people are unanimous, how does one man dare to dissent? By what right? That's what I want to know - by what right? — Ayn Rand

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit. — Gretchen Rubin

Even we are guilty of not nurturing gifts, and the gifts that aren't fed shrivel and die. — Mary E. Pearson