Rdent Quotes & Sayings

After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.' — A. Scott Berg

She's kind of like an odd, loud, fierce fairy godmother, isn't she? — Gail Carriger

I have many friends of other religions, and I am satisfied that they are very conscientious, good people who are trying to do good. I appreciate that. — Gordon B. Hinckley

In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason. — Johannes Kepler

There was much talk of sermons, also, and I gathered from this, as well as what Yance had told me, that sermons had much to do with shaping of thinking. There were a stiff-necked, proud folk, not easily persuaded to any course not dictated by conscience, yet conscience could be a poor guide if accompanied by lack of knowledge. — Louis L'Amour

The ultimate definition of success is: you could lose everything that you have and truly be okay with it. Your happiness isn't based on external factors. — Tony Hsieh

Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith. — Ellen G. White

Both were lost children. Judas, no longer able to hold on to the truth that he remained God's child, hung himself. In terms of the prodigal son, he sold the sword of his sonship. Peter, in the midst of his despair, claimed it and returned with many tears. Judas chose death. Peter chose life. I realize that this choice is always before me. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

That's all a shadow is - and though you might be prejudiced against the dark, you ought to remember that that's where stars live, and the moon and raccoons and owls and fireflies and mushrooms and cats and enchantments and a rather lot of good, necessary things. Thieving, too, and conspiracies, sneaking, secrets, and desire so strong you might faint dead away with the punch of it. But your light side isn't a perfectly pretty picture, either, I promise you. You couldn't dream without the dark. You couldn't rest. You couldn't even meet a lover on a balcony by moonlight. And what would the world be worth without that? You need your dark side, because without it, you're half gone. — Catherynne M Valente

We live in an interdependent world. Every time you cut off somebody else's opportunities, you shrink your own horizons. — William J. Clinton