Shelbe Ruis Quotes & Sayings

[T]oday's Washington is about as attentive to the Tenth Amendment as the Unitarian Church is to the Book of Revelation. — Joseph Sobran

That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after that the flowers and fruit appear, he received a high view of the Providence and Power of GOD, which has never since been effaced from his soul. That this view had perfectly set him loose from the world, and kindled in him such a love for GOD, that he could not tell whether it had increased in above forty years that he had lived since. — Brother Lawrence

I followed Him for His wisdom. But served Him for His goodness. — Chuck Black

One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor. — Ayn Rand

I was this sad and lonely creature before you came along. And then, just being with you, knowing you love me, had transformed me. My entire life has become this metamorphosis into something beautiful, something happy. I told you before that you've freed me. You've reminded me of what it means to believe and hope. — A Meredith Walters

Why shouldn't I be confident? I'm well educated, I can deliver a line, and I have more than three expressions. That's good right? — Sonakshi Sinha

A child that is taught opinion over fact ends up ignorant. — Glenn Kleier

Any mature, responsible adult doesn't run around stomping their feet and screaming 'I'm a mature, responsible, adult.' — Debby Ryan

A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness. — Francis Atterbury

We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character. — Epictetus

The story of undocumented immigrants in this country is not just about undocumented immigrants. It's about the country as a whole, and it's about us being able to tell the truth about where we are with this issue because we haven't been telling the truth about where we are with this issue. — Jose Antonio Vargas

I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid. — L. Frank Baum

Past, present, and future, the symbiosis of our lives," the old man continued quietly, gently. "Our birth, our life, our death, all tied into a single package that we spend our time on this earth unwrapping. Sometimes we see clearly what it is we are looking at. Sometimes we do not. Sometimes things happen to distract or deceive us, and we must look more carefully at what it is we hold. — Terry Brooks