Oprndoors Quotes & Sayings

Great and small, minister and people, all must wrestle; not one part of Christ's army in the field, and the other at ease in their quarters, where no enemy comes. Here — William Gurnall

Why is it that fathers so often ensure the outcome they are trying to avoid? Is their need to dominate so much stronger than their instinct to protect? Did Thomas know, Amina wondered as she watched him, that he had just done the human equivalent of a lion sinking his teeth into his own cub? — Mira Jacob

Polls are no substitute for leadership because, at its very essence, leadership is about giving people what they don't already have - a sense of vision, inspiration, or even an adequate grasp of a particular subject. — Hugh Mackay

What is enlightenment? In the Korean tradition of Tao, it is known a Mu-Ah (Mu means "No" or "Nothing" and Ah means "Me"). It is no-me-ness, or egoless-ness. It means realizing the true, unchanging nature of the person you happen to be. — Ilchi Lee

The van's driver hung halfway out of the cab window, head down, arms dangling. There was a fan of dried blood and puke sprayed out below him on the door. — Stephen King

Though the past haunt me as a spirit, I do not ask to forget. — Felicia Hemans

In the old days, 'controversial' in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races. — Sam Taylor-Johnson

And now we go our separate ways, I to die and you to live, which is better God only knows. — Plato

She's sleeping now, happy as a kitten in a patch of sun. — Kristin Cashore

Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its sweetness — Dante Alighieri

Those who never start never arrive and those who never arrive never enter their manifestation or rest. — Ikechukwu Joseph

Great deal of stress is placed on the importance of humour in the modern relationship. Everything will be all right, we are led to believe, as long as you can make each other laugh, rendering a successful marriage as, in effect, fifty years of improv. To someone who felt in need of fresh new material, as I did during that long, dehydrated night of the soul, this was a cause for concern. I had always enjoyed making Connie laugh, it was satisfying and reassuring because laughter, I suppose, — David Nicholls

Dekker kicked out, connecting with my left shin, and I dropped him for a second. That was all the time he needed to grab a weapon. Without thinking I pulled out a similar item for the box. And that was how we ended up fighting a duel with plastic lightsabers. We must have looked strange - two middle aged men slashing away at each other with toy swords complete with sound effects. — Leslie Langtry

At the touch of mankind, things wear away with heartbreaking slowness. — Henri Barbusse