Quintino Aires Quotes & Sayings

The causes of this mournful state of things are manifold. It may arise through a comparative neglect of prayer, for a neglected closet is the beginning of all spiritual decline. Or it may be the result of idolatry. The heart has been occupied with something else, more than with God; the affections have been set on the things of earth, instead of the things of heaven. A jealous God will not be content with a divided heart; he must be loved first and best. He will withdraw the sunshine of his presence from a cold, wandering heart. Or the cause may be found in self-confidence and self-righteousness. Pride is busy in the heart, and self is exalted instead of lying low at the foot of the cross. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Even the blind and meek and voiceless have gods. — Terry Pratchett

So violent. You want to mug and tase everybody these days."
"I do," Zuzana agreed. "I swear I hate more poeple every day. Everyone annoys me. If I'm like this now, what am I going to be like when I'm old?"
"You'll be the mean old biddy who fires a BB gun at kids from her balcony."
"Nah. BBs just rile 'em up. More like a crossbow. Or a bazooka. — Laini Taylor

Don't speak to me about your religion; first show it to me in how you treat other people. Don't tell me how much you love your God; show me in how much you love all God's children. Don't preach to me your passion for your faith; teach me through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give. — Cory Booker

When you're ambitious, it's really hard to be supportive of other people. But it's our job to try, even though one gets jealous. — Squeak Carnwath

Women derive a pleasure, incomprehensible to the other sex, from the delicate toil of the needle. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Our love is like no other — Auliq Ice

Negotiating with Disney isn't like good cop/bad cop; it's like bad cop/Antichrist. — Bill Plympton

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up. — Alison Bechdel

[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. — George Washington

Professor Lyall, cursing his Alpha for departing so precipitously, balled up the piece of paper and, after minor consideration for the delicacy of the information it contained, ate it. — Gail Carriger

The man of regular life and rational mind never despairs. — Charlotte Bronte

We create our fate every day that we live. — Henry Miller

One should not study what is best, but also what is possible, and similarly what is easier and more attainable by all. — Aristotle.