Raquels Quotes & Sayings

You are old beyond your years Zoeybird. Believe in yourself and you will find a way. But remember darkness does not always equate to evil just like light does not always bring good. — P.C. Cast

I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel. — Daniel Akaka

If you learn to laugh at yourself, you'll be entertained for a lifetime. — Lee McLaughlin

The only real purpose of a goal is to inspire you to fall more deeply in love with life. — Michael Neill

A girlfriend once shared with me the theory about the three buckets we hold in our lives. One bucket contains our connection, another our vitality, and a third our contribution. The theory goes like this: when one bucket is empty, the others need to be filled. When you're feeling lonely, alienated, and low on connection, boost your vitality and contribution. Take a walk, cook a nutritious meal, volunteer to bake cookies for the blood drive. When you're feeling spent and low on energy, on stamina, perhaps you've been neglecting connections and contributions. Invite a few friends over for takeout and brainstorm creative projects. When you're feeling as if you have nothing to give, nothing to contribute, fill your connection and vitality buckets. — Erin Loechner

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death. — Stanislaw Leszczynski

Gutfreund (pronounced Good friend) liked to sneak up from behind and surprise you. This was fun for him but not for you. — Michael Lewis

Wisdom devours the weak. — Laird Barron

Me? As England's answer to Jonah Lomu? Joanna Lumley, more likely. — Damian Hopley

As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to explaining away plain facts which obviously conflict with it. — C. D. Broad

Economic growth has liberated societies from the natural pressures that forced them into an immediate struggle for survival; but they have not yet been liberated from their liberator. The commodity's independence has spread to the entire economy it now dominates. This economy has transformed the world, but it has merely transformed it into a world dominated by the economy. — Guy Debord

Quality of character doesn't make a leader, but the lack of it flaws the entire process. — Peter Drucker