Portas De Madeira Quotes & Sayings

When one drives away the negligent through vigilance, he climbs the heights of wisdom, and can see the suffering masses. Serene, you look upon the lost like one that stands on a mountain sees those that stand upon the plain. — Gautama Buddha

Identifying as a writer is a matter of self-acceptance. It's not a thing that can be given to you, or bestowed upon you. You are a writer if you write. That's it. If what you are seeking is to be acknowledged as a writer by other people, many of them strangers, you're in for a demoralizing journey. It is a silly club where those who have been 'accepted' are loathe to permit others into. It's sort of like how we Americans love denying our own immigrant origins while railing against immigration. — Vincent Louis Carrella

Learning how to listen to others and how to listen to your own thoughts is the ultimate process. — Eyvind Kang

Anonymity became a release, the only place to which I could turn. — Asne Seierstad

The claim that some races were innately superior to others was later championed by Hitler, and so if Hitler was a nativist, then all nativists were Nazis. (That conclusion is illogical, but it makes sense emotionally if you dislike nativism.)13 The — Jonathan Haidt

Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a youth to experience events which 'reveal the inner worth of the man; the edge of his temper; the fibre of his stuff; the quality of his resistance; the secret truth of his pretences, not only to himself but others. — Kurt Hahn

My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy. — John Bryant

There is no perfect spaghetti sauce. There are perfect spaghetti sauces. — Howard Moskowitz

I don't like to be different; I would like to be the same. — Chris Burke

Remember, channel your inner winner. — Tim Gunn

Political Science carries inseparably with it the study of piety, and that he who is not pious cannot be truly wise. — Giambattista Vico

There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers. — Pat Benatar