Rosa Elena Flores Quotes & Sayings

In his laborious efforts to attain mountaintops, where the air is lighter and purer, the climber gains new strength of limb. In the endeavor to over come obstacles of the way, the soul trains itself to conquer difficulties; and the spectacle of the vast horizon, which from the highest crest offers itself on all sides to the eyes, raises his spirit to the Divine Author and Soverign of Nature. — Pope Pius XI

How do you know that what you perceive is not an illusion? — Jim Elvidge

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them. — George Bernard Shaw

In the end, he said he judged the Bible to be a sound book. Nevertheless, he wondered why the white people were not better than they are, having had it for so long. He promised that just as soon as white people achieved Christianity, he would recommend it to his own folks. — Charles Frazier

With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your net worth in that stock — Warren Buffett

I lied about serving in Vietnam, and I'm sorry. I did not mean to take away from the actions and the sacrifices of the ones who did really serve there ... I did steal valor. That was very wrong of me. There is no real excuse for that. — Brian Dennehy

If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them. — T. Boone Pickens

I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely. — Greta Scacchi

But let me tell you this: sometimes at night, when I look up at the stars, an see the whole sky jus laid out there, don't you think I ain't rememberin it all. I still got dreams like anybody else, an ever so often, I am thinkin about how things might of been. An then, all of a sudden, I'm forty, fifty, sixty years ole, you know?
Well, so what? I may be a idiot, but most of the time, anyway, I tried to do the right thing
an dreams is jus dreams, ain't they? So whatever else has happened, I am figgerin this: I can always look back an say, at least I ain't led no hum-drum life.
You know what I mean? — Winston Groom

Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark ... — Orison Swett Marden

Can Mr. Wolfe help it if an attractive young fellow insists on coming to cry on his shoulder? — Rex Stout

If you must fail," he said grandly, "fail spectacularly! — Ransom Riggs