Printable Wall Quotes & Sayings

A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. — H.L. Mencken

You help yourself to a hug whenever you want one, sugar. They're warm, and they're free. — Diane Hammond

I don't think I know a single woman who knows what she looks like. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Godly character is what you are when you've been tried and proven. It is not what you say you are, or what people think you are but, instead, it is what shines through after you have suffered and have endured. It is the proof of your genuineness. — Robin Bertram

I don't need faith. — Maurice Sendak

Not many people have ever handed in this much money," she said, smiling at Ove. "Many people don't have any decency either, — Fredrik Backman

I suppose even monsters can be afraid of the dark. — Leslye Walton

The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of aid; misery and poverty have not ended but increased. Aid has been, and continues to be, an unmitigated political, economic, and humanitarian disaster for most parts of the developing world. — Dambisa Moyo

Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. — Gustave Flaubert

Nobody has ever been beyond his own Illusion of Life. — Sorin Cerin

Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after such long-continued slow progress. — Charles Darwin

Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong. — Bertolt Brecht

These words [of Romans 12:1-2] are overflowingly rich in consolation; for just then when afflictions come over us, we should be of good courage, because that is the good will of God. Therefore we should be greatly pleased when things happen to us which displease us. The "good" will of God creates good out of evil. The "acceptable" will of God moves us cheerfully to love such good. It makes this good acceptable to us, and causes us to agree with it, even if it is evil. The "perfect" will of God will eternally perfect and bring to a[n] end all who are glad. — Martin Luther