Ringdahl Reservoir Quotes & Sayings

For if enough people were really convinced that growth should be halted, and if they acted on that conviction, then billions of others might be deprived of any realistic hope of gaining the opportunities now enjoyed by the more fortunate. — Herman Kahn

Not to discover weakness is The Artifice of strength. — Emily Dickinson

How many things in the world deserve our loyalty? Very few indeed. I think one should be loyal to immortality, which is another word for life, a stronger word for it. — Boris Pasternak

The Holy Spirit is a master craftsman in fashioning us after the likeness of Christ. He uses many different methods, many tools. Trouble is one of His tools, a precious tool. As you look at the pattern of your own life, and you see trouble staring you in the face, consider that God has sent it for a very special purpose: to expose your weakness so that you can learn to draw on the strength of Christ. — Larry Christenson

I rarely eat red meat and only occasionally eat fish. Plant based foods are my main source of nutrition along with nuts, fruits, brown breads and grains. — Gary Player

Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you'd like them to be, although often they turn out the same — Merle Shain

Any victory would be dear at such a price. — Robert E.Lee

You are what you think you are. Your self-concept determines your performance. — Brian Tracy

In terms of so-called fly-on-the-wall documentaries, there's a claim that the camera is a transparent window into a pre-existing reality. What really is happening is that the film crew and the subjects are collaborating to simulate a reality in which they pretend the camera is not present. — Joshua Oppenheimer

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it. — John Steinbeck

I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch. — Park Chan-wook

What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth. — Gordon Gee

Children don't understand, when things aren't given. The single parent struggling to provide; how they sacrifice themselves, by sweeping their dreams and goals under the table, just to bring bread and beans on the table. — Anthony Liccione

Madame Merle was very appreciative; she liked almost everything, including the English rain. "There is always a little of it, and never too much at once," she said; "and it never wets you, and it always smells good. — Henry James