Serviceable Synonym Quotes & Sayings

There is, however, no advantage in reflections on the past further than may be of service to the present. For the future we must provide by maintaining what the present gives us and redoubling our efforts; it is hereditary to us to win virtue as the fruit of labour, and you must not change the habit, even though you should have a slight advantage in wealth and resources; for it is not right that what was won in want should be lost in plenty. — Thucydides

There is a long and well-documented tradition of wisdom in the Christian faith that any venture into leadership, whether by laity or clergy, is hazardous. it is necessary that there be leaders, but woe to those who become leaders. — Eugene H. Peterson

This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values ... — Laurie Halse Anderson

There was an Old Man of Columbia, Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer; But they brought it quite hot, in a small copper pot, Which disgusted that Man of Columbia. — Edward Lear

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy. — Aeschylus

Spring time is a season of great hope and strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Revolution? Change? What I really want, with all my heart, is for the atonic clouds to stop greyly lathering the sky. What I want is to see the blue emerge, a truth that is clear and sure because it is nothing and wants nothing. — Fernando Pessoa

I remembered the last time I put this thing into my eye it was more painful than watching old political speeches while listening to the "Macarena" and having a root canal performed by an angry, clumsy chimp. — John Zakour

It occurred to me that if Africa needed us, sometimes we needed Africa a great deal more. — Helen Fielding