Quaresimale Quotes & Sayings

The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want. — Norman Vincent Peale

In what way, or by what manner of working, God changes a soul from evil to good, how He impregnates the barren rock
the priceless gems and gold
is to the human mind an impenetrable mystery, in all cases alike. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I'm so not a celebrity. — Kelly Macdonald

May God welcome the dead into his peace, comfort the families and convert the hearts of the violent ones, who do not even stop before children. — Pope Francis

We have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now" (V. 13). PAUL'S GREAT — Michael Caputo

We checked our bags and got on line with some of our fellow passengers. Judging from the looks of them, it was clear that they were members of a different income bracket from the people I preferred to surround myself with. But since I also wasn't from the income bracket I preferred, I held off on voicing my initial feelings of despair. — Chelsea Handler

You must remember, too," he added, "that we deal with no ordinary criminal, but with the second greatest brain in the world." I forbore to pander to his conceit by asking the obvious question. — Agatha Christie

My mouth opened as did the door behind us. Stomach dropping, I turned to see Mom standing there in all her fuzzy-bunny pajama glory. Oh for the love of God. Her eyes went from me to Daemon, completely misinterpreting everything. The glee in her eyes made me want to vomit on Daemon's head. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

She is Living and I'm Dead, but I'd like to believe we're both human. Call me an idealist. — Isaac Marion

A great country cannot wage a little war. — Duke Of Wellington

All the living want to do is care for the dead. And now they, too, are among the fallen. — Joelle Charbonneau

There are people in need of help. Charity is one of the nobler human motivations. The act of reaching into one's own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else's pocket is despicable and worthy of condemnation. — Walter E. Williams

Perry, the manager, had come up with him, in trousers and bathrobe. He was a stout, jovial-looking man ordinarily, but right now he was only stout.
("The Room With Something Wrong") — Cornell Woolrich