Recktenwald William Quotes & Sayings

Follow what may, great deeds are not lessened in worth. — J.R.R. Tolkien

He broke through the barriers of the skies. — William Herschel

Really? well, thank you. I was under the impression you wouldn't spit on me if I was on fire — Abbi Glines

I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart — Khaled Hosseini

What I refuse to do is anything that I did before. It takes discipline to accomplish this, as humans are addicted to the familiar. — Tarryn Fisher

Say NO to negativity and say YES to positivity. Negativity has no place in your life. — Stephanie Lahart

It was arranged like a drunk triangle. None of the walls were straight. Each had some odd angle, and most had two. Tables and benches lined each section, and a long one stretched down the middle. — Rob Howell

Indeed, in addition to its lessons of thrift, industry, and prudence, Franklin's autobiography tells us every man should be part of a social group, if not three. He believed that a group of like-minded, achievement-oriented individuals could dramatically leverage each other's success to do things otherwise impossible. — Keith Ferrazzi

My belief system operated on the notion that the good things in my life were a universal hiccup where doom surely loomed. — Janet Mock

There is no time limit, no statute of limitations. Sharing our lives with dear people to win them to Jesus is the substance of Christianity, the delightful work we've been commissioned to. — Jen Hatmaker

Justin, honey, you were my very first kiss. My very first hand to hold. But you were nothing more than an average guy. And I don't say that to be mean- I don't. There was just something about you that made me need to be your girlfriend to this day I don't know exactly what that was. But it was there.. and it was amazingly strong. -Thirteen Reasons Why — Jay Asher

In the first place it's not true that people improve as you know them better: they don't. That's why one should only have acquaintances and never make friends. An acquaintance shows you only the best of himself, he's considerate and polite, he conceals his defects behind a mask of social convention; but we grow so intimate with him that he throws the mask aside, get to know him so well that he doesn't trouble any longer to pretend; then you'll discover a being of such meanness, of such trivial nature, of such weakness, of such corruption, that you'd be aghast if you didn't realize that that was his nature and it was just as stupid to condemn him as to condemn the wolf because he ravens or the cobra because he strikes. — W. Somerset Maugham