Salientian Quotes & Sayings

I'm different than another person who wants to lay back and do nothing for rest of the life and talk nonsense on ESPN ... I will not do that. I want to achieve something else. — Marat Safin

She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous. — Jane Austen

God is not a dead equation! — Muhammad Iqbal

This "knowing what to do" ... is a matter of having the right purpose, the purpose appropriate to the situation in hand ... The one who "knows what to do" is the one on whom you can rely to make the best shot at success, whenever success is possible. — Roger Scruton

Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure. — Arthur Helps

I felt like a trophy child, someone he had around to show off. It felt like it was more important that his daughter was perfect - but, I was his daughter and I was neither of those things. I worked hard to get my grades, and I tried so hard to meet his expectations, but I failed. Over and over again, I fell short. I didn't measure up. That feeling never faded. — H.M. Ward

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity. — Barbara Kruger

If you don't like your outcomes, change your responses. — Jack Canfield

It's rare that a company has an opportunity to forever transform the ways in which people interact with the world and communicate with each other, but that is exactly what we plan to do with Valve, — Cher Wang

Life let us cherish, while yet the taper glows,
And the fresh flow'ret pluck ere it close;
Why are we fond of toil and care?
Why choose the rankling thorn to wear? — Johann Martin Usteri

11 For the LORD God is j a sun and g shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. k No good thing does he withhold from those who l walk uprightly. — Anonymous