Philostratus Imagines Quotes & Sayings

In portaging from one river to another, Wabanakis had to carry their canoes and all other possessions. Everyone knew the value of traveling light and understood that it required leaving some things behind. Nothing encumbered movement more than fear, which was often the most difficult burden to surrender. — Bunny McBride

The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right. — Mahatma Gandhi

[Clause in her will:] It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them. — Joan Crawford

He saw then that there was a lens at one end, disguised as a dewdrop in the throat of an asphodel. Gently he took the egg in his hands, closed one eye, and looked. The light of the interior was not, as he had half expected, gold tinted, but brilliantly white, deriving from some concealed source. A world surely meant for Earth shone within, as though seen from below the orbit of the moon - indigo sea and emerald land. Rivers brown and clear as tea ran down long plains. His mother said, "Isn't it pretty?" Night hung at the corners in funereal purple, and sent long shadows like cold and lovely arms to caress the day; and while he watched and it fell, long-necked birds of so dark a pink that they were nearly red trailed stilt legs across the sky, their wings making crosses. — Gene Wolfe

No matter how bad the situation, do not lose heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Who needs enemies when you've got Republican Surrenderists for Obamacare waiting in the wings? — Michelle Malkin

A mother is a story with no beginning. That is what defines her. — Meghan O'Rourke

See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that. — Rachael Harris

The two foundations; one inward, the other outward; grace, miracles; both supernatural. — Blaise Pascal