Richten Sich Quotes & Sayings

How many Christians of the free world visit communist countries and other nations where Christians are persecuted but never ask permission to visit a jail and encourage their brothers and sisters in pain? — Richard Wurmbrand

We cannot continue doing the same thing and expect different results — Otto Perez Molina

Haven't you ever heard of an artist's muse?" the barman asked. "They all seem to either have one or want one. Me, all I want is peace and quiet. — Louise Penny

Why just work and live for a happy retirement? Why not work and live for a happy life? — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

I think I've become more like my mom just because of what we're both interested in, children and teaching and writing. — Jenna Bush

Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government? — Richard J. Daley

Do not delay,
Do not delay: the golden moments fly! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

But for all their differences, shyness and introversion have in common something profound. The mental state of a shy extrovert sitting quietly in a business meeting may be very different from that of a calm introvert - the shy person is afraid to speak up, while the introvert is simply overstimulated - but to the outside world, the two appear to be the same. This can give both types insight into how our reverence for alpha status blinds us to things that are good and smart and wise. — Susan Cain

I have a traditional view of the afterlife ... heaven, hell and judgments. But the accounts of those places are scant, and I believe it's on purpose. We aren't supposed to try to figure out the architecture of the afterlife, since the big game is here in this life. — Doug TenNapel

I like to work when I'm not working - do something that may not be considered work, but to me it's work. Getting exercise by going to the grocery store. — Andy Warhol

When you listen to a thought, you are aware not only of the thought but also of yourself as the witness of the thought. A new dimension of consciousness has come in. — Eckhart Tolle

Pick a big enough project, something that's really hard, something that over the years you can work on. — Jessica Livingston

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. — Dale Carnegie

Entrepreneurial business favors the open mind. — Richard Branson

Flitch, a former tailor who, in the seventeenth century, had founded the Hobblers, a religious sect named for the peculiar shackled gait they adopted as they paced out their prayers. The Hobblers' beliefs seemed to be based largely on such novel ideas as that heaven was handily located six miles above the earth's surface, and that Nicodemus Flitch had been appointed personally by God as His mouthpiece and, as such, was licensed to curse souls to eternity, whenever he felt like it. — Alan Bradley