Platao Quotes & Sayings

was no thought of appointing hereditary dukes - to have done this would have been simply to prepare the way for the king or his posterity to be ousted, as had been the case with the Merovingians, and was also with the Karolings in France. The early dukes were simply regionary, beneficiary, or official. Growth — William Stubbs

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. — Richard M. Nixon

Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure — William Feather

Going to miss this," he said as he kissed my cheeks, my jaw, my eyelids. "The way you taste." He set his lips to the hollow beneath my ear. "The way you smell." His hands slid up my back. "The way you feel." My breath hitched as his hips settled against mine.
Then he drew back, searching my eyes. "I wanted more for you," he said. "A white veil in your hair. Vows we could keep. — Leigh Bardugo

The measure of greatness is in humility, simplicity, and in kindness. — Debasish Mridha

Focus on a specific intention ... A goal is often fueled by fear ... An intention is fueled by a sense of purpose. — Robert G. Allen

There is a familiar play on the word "justification" that it means "just as if I'd never sinned." But there is another way of saying this that is even better
justification means "just as if I'd always obeyed." That's the way we stand before God: clothed in the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ. And that's the way we can live with the discomfort of the justified life. — Jerry Bridges

To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan
that is the rule. — John Fowles

It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do. — Michael Jordan

You enlighten the light of love in my life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation. — Barry Commoner

You don't go to church for intellectual gratification - you go because it pleases your aesthetic sensibilities. — Fay Weldon

Because I'm never going to let you go, Rachel. I don't care how much you push me away because you're scared. I'll just hold you until you get over it. — Kim Harrison