Restructure Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

What most couples fail to realize is that marriage vows denote change. — Elona Washington

I didn't know, nor have I ever discovered, who let go first. I'm not prepared to accept that it was me. But everyone claims not to have been first. What is certain is that if we had not broken ranks, our collective weight would have brought the balloon to earth a quarter of the way down the slope a few seconds later as the gust subsided. But as I've said, there was no team, there was no plan, no agreement to be broken. No failure. So can we accept that it was right, every man for himself? Were we all happy afterwards that this was a reasonable course? We never had that comfort, for there was a deeper covenant, ancient and automatic, written in our nature. Co-operation - the basis of our earliest hunting successes, the force behind our evolving capacity for language, the glue of our social cohesion. Our misery in the aftermath was proof that we knew we had failed ourselves. But letting go was in our nature too. Selfishness is also written in our hearts. — Ian McEwan

You killed Thor!" Otis bleated. "You dropped a giantess on him! — Rick Riordan

When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor. — Denzel Washington

God is nearer to me than I am to myself; He is just as near to wood and stone, but they do not know it. — Meister Eckhart

Thought is a melody, Audrey thinks, while the body is an inert mechanism of cogs, springs, chains and ratchets ... — Will Self

Sometimes I long for a convent cell, with the sublime wisdom of centuries set out on bookshelves all along the wall and a view across the cornfields
there must be cornfields and they must wave in the breeze
and there I would immerse myself in the wisdom of the ages and in myself. Then I might perhaps find peace and clarity. But that would be no great feat. It is right here, in this very place, in the here and the now, that I must find them. — Etty Hillesum

Wise girls kiss but never love
Listen but never believe
And leave befor they are left — Marilyn Monroe

I was a very lucky actor. — John Noble

Set goals,
pursue them,
achieve them,
and then surpass them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

That doesn't mean that you should just sit back and just let accidents happen to you. No, you have to go out and cause them yourself. That way you're in control of the situation. — P. J. O'Rourke

Her burdens were her own and burdens were for shoulders strong enough to bear them. — Margaret Mitchell

Oh, Vasu. People always talk; you have to learn to ignore them. — Farahad Zama

What are you?" I said irritably.
"In the Serengeti, Ms. Lane, I would be the cheetah. I'm stronger, smarter, faster, and hungrier than everything else out there. And I don't apologize to the gazelle when I take it down. — Karen Marie Moning

As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change. — Adam Braun