Olry Maurival Quotes & Sayings

I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days. — Jon Stewart

I grant you true repentance is never too late, but I warn you at the same time, late repentance is seldom true. I grant you, one penitent thief was converted in his last hours, that no man might despair; But I warn you, — J.C. Ryle

Identifying a potential threat feels curiously good. You're like a gazelle that smells a lion and can't relax until it sees where the lion is. Seeing a lion feels good when the alternative is worse. We seek evidence of threats to feel safe, and we get a dopamine boost when we find what we seek. You can also get a serotonin boost from the feeling of being right, and an oxytocin boost from bonding with those who sense the same threat. This is why people seem oddly pleased to find evidence of doom and gloom. But the pleasure doesn't last because the "do something" feeling commands your attention again. You can end up feeling bad a lot even if you're successful in your survival efforts. — Loretta Graziano Breuning

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit. — Madonna Ciccone

If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready now. — Winston Churchill

The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh — Oswald Chambers

When I look at my relationship with God as a chore, a sacrifice, then I am getting the glory- not God. I keep saying, 'Look what I have sacrificed for God ... ' or 'Listen to what I do for for God. It's hard, exhausting really ... '. — Francis Chan

Nevertheless, when you did not know what you were looking for, it was important to avoid all prejudices and preconceptions; something that at first sight seemed irrelevant, or even nonsensical, might turn out to be a vital clue. — Arthur C. Clarke

Life is easy For the man who is without shame, Impudent as a crow, A vicious gossip, Vain, meddlesome, dissolute. But life is hard For the man who quietly undertakes The way of perfection, With purity, detachment and vigor. He sees light. — Gautama Buddha

Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels. — Ahmed Zewail

The only thing I could think of was, if you move, you will crumble. If you breathe, you will collapse. — Hannah Kent

I'd like to see my grandchildren climb trees, not stand under them. I'd like to see them learn to make bread and brown it over a fire using my toasting fork. — Laurie Graham

Today I shall give myself in sacrifice and work; for tomorrow I will have nothing to give and there will be none to receive. — Og Mandino

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. — Mahatma Gandhi

I show more blind rage than Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles wrestling in a steel cage. — Chino XL