Powries Quotes & Sayings

I'd realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story. — Isabel Allende

Don't get bogged down by life and other people's problems or hang ups. — Angela Merkel

The Bible tells us that the sins of the fathers are passed to succeeding generations. The virtues of the fathers can be passed along, too. — Norman Vincent Peale

When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something people often do to show empathy but nothing is more tiresome than other people's problems when you want to focus on your own. Listening is by far the best form of consolation. — Giles Andreae

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible. — Joel Brown

When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next. — Mark Batterson

Software development is neither a scientific nor an engineering task. It is an act of reality construction that is political and artistic. — David West

The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake up to that, for a variety of reasons. It still shocks me how few films are written or made in England about working-class life, given that those are the people who go to movies. — Stephen Daldry

You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind, because I have eternity to rest. — Andres Segovia

'Aeric!' Grayson exclaimed, with genuine delight. 'You're not dead yet?'

'Not yet,' Aeric replied, looking pleased with his continued viability. 'But I keep trying. And so do you, I hear!' — L.S. Baird