Orbis Education Quotes & Sayings

Over the previous few years, Vigil had become convinced that the next leap forward in human endurance would come from a dimension he dreaded getting into: character. Not the "character" other coaches were always rah-rah-rah-ing about; Vigil wasn't talking about "grit" or "hunger" or "the size of the fight in the dog." In fact, he meant the exact opposite. Vigil's notion of character wasn't toughness. It was compassion. Kindness. Love. That's right: love. — Christopher McDougall

What makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast. — Leonardo Da Vinci

The first purpose of prayer is to know God. — Charles L. Allen

Perfecting is a journey ... There is no destination called perfection. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Ethan and I are done," I said finally. "I'm sorry." "He was my first boyfriend." "I know." "The only real boyfriend I've had. I'm a senior in high school and he was my only real boyfriend." "I know." "And I won't find another one at Jones Hall. That is guaranteed." "Okay." "This is all very sad and tragic," I said. Alan unwrapped a sleeve of Smarties. "Yet, oddly, you don't seem that upset." "I know. — Sara Zarr

I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities. — Lou Reed

In the wisdom of uncertainty lies the freedom from our past, from the known, from the prison of past conditioning. Uncertainty is the fertile ground of creativity and freedom. — Deepak Chopra

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too. — Friedrich Nietzsche

But nowhere is this a more urgent task than in matters of eros, the first and best hope of human connectedness in a world where all connectedness has become problematic — Allan Bloom

God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding and so gives himself away. God lies in wait for us with nothing so much as love. — Meister Eckhart

Religion isn't the opium of the people, it's the hypocrisy. — Miguel El Portugues

Those who say that the study of science makes a man an atheist, must be rather silly people. — Max Born

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse. — Dave Chappelle

A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma. — Joyce Meyer