Scythers Quotes & Sayings

I looked up at my father's face, trying to glimpse a smile or something like it on his stricken face. But there was nothing. Not the shadow of an expression. Defeat. — Elie Wiesel

You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts ... Every step in that direction poisons the very roots of liberalism. It poisons political equality, free speech, free press, and equality of opportunity. It is the road not to more liberty but to less liberty. — Herbert Hoover

The moment you believe your own crap and excuses, you fail. — Robert Kiyosaki

He who considers too much will perform little. — Friedrich Schiller

"I'm a guy like this," Gino explained to Jeanie; "I like anythin' against the odds. I don't like nothin' safe. I'm a guy like this too: I don't like gettin' caught. But mostly I'm a guy like this: I don't like gettin' laughed at."
He lived as he drove, as he gambled and as he loved: for keeps. Taking no man's laughter. And letting the small stakes go. — Nelson Algren

Are you wearing the red heels? She asked.
Yes.
God, she replied, his boner is going to be ENORMOUS. — Christina Lauren

We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people. — Francis Chan

The scythers, Time and Death,
Helmed locusts, move upon the tree of breath — Robert Lowell

Sooner or later, the man who learnt lessons from his failures will be the one to be sought first for guidance, counsel and formula on how to be successful in life's endeavours. — Ogwo David Emenike

We are the possibilities and the unshattered dream, we are what gives life magick. — Raven Grimassi

Ugliness, squalor are breeding grounds for revolution. Beauty is conducive to tranquillity, happiness. Beautifying of homes and places of worship began with the dawn of civilization. Beautifying of workplaces is only in its infancy. Yet, since men normally spend more than half of their waking hours at work, surely it is important that adequate attention be devoted to elevating their working environment, whether office or factory, foundry or machine shop, mine or warehouse. Beautiful surroundings subtly encourage beautiful living. Drab surroundings, bad air, bad light, evoke bad reactions. — B.C. Forbes

There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken
the manner, the place and the time. — Robert Southey