Samplers And Santas Quotes & Sayings

Great character is forged through hardships. — Eiji Yoshikawa

Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death. — John Major

I led by three or four feet, with Biggy (John Biglow) surging closer on each stroke. I hated him in those last few seconds; he was the only reason my guts were being strewn over the water like an oil slick ... I pressed one last time, and looked at the finish-line flagman. In that instant the flag jumped down and then up. The up stroke, identifying the second place finisher, was for me. John Biglow was the victor. I stared into the green-brown water watching my bloody soul drop through the depths, slowly rocking back and forth, occasionally glinting in the light, and then finally disappearing. — Brad Alan Lewis

The faster we travel, the less there is to see. — Helen Hayes

Numb, I took the perfectly browned puff. Okay. Let me see if I have this right. Al provokes me into defending myself. I nearly kill him. Then Newt tries to kill me, thinking I'm Ku'Sox. Al stops her, saving my life. And now we're all going to have s'mores together? — Kim Harrison

I believe that perception does not shape your life; it is your life. — Judith Hanson Lasater

If you have appreciation for life, whether it is a planet or any wild species, if it's a human or an elephant, death is really bad for all of us to adjust to. We are all going to die. When it happens in such a drastic, inhuman way, which we've been seeing in Africa, this is crime on its highest level. — Veronika Varekova

So, besides Ava being lost in a swamp full of homicidal maniacs, and Astrid swimming off to meet the king of homicidal maniacs, what other insurmountable problems are we facing tonight?
- Sera — Jennifer Donnelly

We all die at the end, but does that nullify everything? Would most people rather say, "I wish I hadn't been born?" Once you're born you'll have to die, now is that funny or sad? — John Cleese

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent. — John H. Johnson

A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it. It is different than patience. It is not thinking. It is working with the rhythm. — Andy Goldsworthy

In the case of Wilderpeople, I walked on the first day with some apprehension actually; because it doesn't come anywhere close to anything I've really played before, this part. — Sam Neill

I am not topper in my university but all toppers are working in my microsoft company. — Bill Gates

In journeys, as in life, it is a great deal easier to go down hill than up — Charles Dickens

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work. — Morris Chestnut