Sestakert Quotes & Sayings

Death has become like a tyrant who has been completely conquered by the legitimate monarch; bound hand and foot the passers-by sneer at him, hitting him and abusing him, no longer afraid of his cruelty and rage, because of the king who has conquered him. So has death been conquered and branded for what it is by the Savior on the cross. It is bound hand and foot, all who are in Christ trample it as they pass and as witnesses to Him deride it, scoffing and saying, "O Death, where is thy victory? O Grave, where is thy sting?"35 — Athanasius Of Alexandria

You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball. — Josh Billings

The final goal of human effort is man's self-transforma tion. — Lewis Mumford

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity. — Abraham Lincoln

You are far, far greater than you know - and all is well. — Kahlil Gibran

I turned on the flashlight; it cut a small circle of light from the darkness around me. — Azar Nafisi

It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves. — Jane Austen

The inspectors also found Iraq had developed effective means for dispersing these materials: unmanned aerial vehicles, spray devices, special munitions. We don't know where any of it is. And the last 60 days of new inspections have turned up no additional information that could allay any concerns about this military capability. — Richard Armitage

We tell you, tapping on our brows,
The story as it should be,
As if the story of a house
Were told or ever could be. — Edwin Robinson

The magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball — Dolly Parton

A restaurant wine list is praised and given awards for reasons that have little to do with its real purpose, as if it existed only to be admired passively, like a stamp collection. A wine list is good only when it functions well in tandem with a menu. — Gerald Asher

He wanted to see the world through her eyes, where simple things like oak paneling and stone bridges were marvels. — Regina Scott

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. — Pindar

Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don't believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other. — Arthur Schopenhauer

But even though she was wise beyond her years, she was still young, and so was I, and all of our words were drowned out by the noise of our beating hearts, screaming at us that we were, after all, creatures of flesh and blood. — Dexter Palmer