Schwanda Winston Quotes & Sayings

However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home. — Robert Neelly Bellah

All great change in business has come from outside the firm, not from inside. — Peter Drucker

Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for being more — Pope Francis

It was as if the voice of the violin sparked the wicks of each individual soul, jolting them from sleep. — Sophia Elaine Hanson

It is possible I am pushing through solid rock, like the vein of ore encased, alone. I am such a long way in I can see no way through and no space. Everything is close to my face and everything close to my face is stone. I don't have much knowledge yet in grief, so this darkness makes me feel small. You, be the Master; Make yourself fierce; break in. And then your great transforming will happen to me And my great grief cry will happen to you. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Just as in our bodies, every cell must first be "Celfish"; solely responsible for its own survival and once those conditions are met, the value is passed on. That is Free Market Capitalism at the cellular level. — Carl T. Johnson

Ari said you screamed and raved a lot while he took care of you. In fact, he said that if Reyad was alive today, he'd gut the bastard without a moment's hesitation. I just thought you might want to know." Janco gave me a brotherly kiss on the forehead and left. — Maria V. Snyder

There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Peer pressure is a great thing when it helps you accomplish your goals instead of distracting you from them. — Po Bronson

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. — Oscar Wilde

He was dead; I needed to let his memory go, too. That was the first step for me, before discrimination.
Yet my love was the ghost of a young girl's dream. It walked alone in the abyss, stubbornly, where only illusions prospered on tears and regrets. My love had a life of its own; it was perverted but nevertheless still vital. For that reason, I wanted to return to deep space. Honestly, I would have preferred it if we had traveled forever and never stopped at another star system. To fall into endless blackness, that was my new fantasy.
The young girl with the ancient dream wept. I could hear her; I even saw her tears on the glass of the observation deck. It made me feel old. I didn't want to know her name. I couldn't forget Tem but I needed to forget her. — Christopher Pike

Death is never the end. — Alexander Gordon Smith

Birth was the death of me — Samuel Beckett

I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon. — Neil Armstrong

Teachable spirit makes you crave for more wisdom and knowledge. — Euginia Herlihy