Portinari Obras Quotes & Sayings

I'm not saying you shouldn't pursue dreams and goals. Just don't forsake the present for the unknowns of the future. A lot of happiness is bypassed, overlooked, postponed to a time years from now that may never come. Don't bide your time and miss out on this moment for a tomorrow with no guarantee. — Kim Holden

Ahab still stood like an anvil, receiving every shock, but without the least quivering of his own. — Herman Melville

A person who stands in the principle of justice even under person is a just person — Bro. Eli Soriano

Pick a better verb. Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an A-bomb. — Janet Fitch

A great politician has great charisma. — Catherine Zeta-Jones

Like it or not, following Jesus is a group activity, something we're supposed to do together. We might not always do it within the walls of church or even in an organized religion, but if we are to go about making disciples, confessing our sins, breaking bread, paying attention, and preaching the Word, we're going to need one another. We're going to need each other's help. The — Rachel Held Evans

How dreadful it is, to emerge from the oblivion of slumber, and to receive as a good morrow the mute wailing of one's own hapless heart - to return from the land of deceptive dreams to the heavy knowledge of unchanged disaster! — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

There comes a moment when you know you just aren't going to do anything esle productive for the rest of the day.-T-Shirt — Darynda Jones

Look, being committed doesn't make you dead, but all those months alone can make you feel that way sometimes. You never signed on for that. Embrace the moments that let you know you're alive. — Ellen Hopkins

Hell's waking up every goddamn day and not even knowing why you're here. — Frank Miller

Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment. — Jack Kornfield

[Allegory] is a flight by which the human wit attempts at one and the same time to investigate two objects, and consequently is fitted only to the most exalted geniuses. — Sarah Fielding