Passeriformes Quotes & Sayings

Our motto is to work for peace based on social justice. Our mandate is to improve the condition, health and safety of workers, and our mission is universal. — David A. Morse

And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. And close at hand, the basket stood With nuts from brown October's wood. — John Greenleaf Whittier

I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself. — Howard Hodgkin

Henrik, you need a wife," Mama scolded him. Uncle Henrik laughed and joined Mama on the steps near the kitchen door. "Why do I need a wife, when I have a sister? — Lois Lowry

I still write what I need to write - but I can't deny that something has changed when I think about sending work out. Maybe it's just growing older and feeling more responsible to the world. — Denise Duhamel

Everyone, including you, just naturally feels better when exposed to a cheerful, optimistic individual, regardless of the nature or length of the contact. — Zig Ziglar

Without prolonged moments of adoration, of prayerful encounter with the word, of sincere conversation with the Lord, our work easily becomes meaningless; we lose energy as a result of weariness and difficulties, and our fervor dies out. The Church urgently needs the deep breath of prayer, and to my great joy groups devoted to prayer and intercession, the prayerful reading of God's word and the perpetual adoration of the Eucharist are growing at every level of ecclesial life. — Pope Francis

It is best to live life gulping down one's anxiety and flying higher than anybody else. — Kyra Gregory

No one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed — William Landay

The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country. — Eliot Engel

The heavy smell of incense gave me an uneasy feeling as if I had walked into a tomb — Nancy B. Brewer

Whoever is king, is also the father of his country. — William Congreve

P. 62 ... meditation ... exposes a contradiction between the sort of person we wish to be and the kind of person we are. Restlessness and lethargy are ways of evading the discomfort of this contradiction. — Stephen Batchelor