Poerava Quotes & Sayings

I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess (Bendis, the Thracian Artemis.); and also because I wanted to see in what manner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted with the procession of the inhabitants; but that of the Thracians was equally, if not more, beautiful. When we had finished our prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of the city; and at that instant Polemarchus the son of Cephalus chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting on our way home, and told his servant to run and bid us wait for him. The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and said: Polemarchus desires you to wait. — Plato

At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral. — Maelle Gavet

These demands of life are so universal that either we like it or not, we are going to come across them one way or another. The response we give determines what our lives become. — Sunday Adelaja

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail. — Michael Jordan

Gardens don't grow by themselves; they need to be tended and cultivated and weeded. The same is true of a marriage. — Billy Graham

Your strengths are your weaknesses.

The more you try to protect something, the more vulnerable you make it. — Don Winslow

While passion may induce some people to exaggerate, it may drive others to be all the more meticulous and accurate so as not to compromise the credibility of the message they wish to communicate. As you'll see, we think the authors of the Bible took this meticulous and accurate road. — Norman L. Geisler