Shermeen Ali Quotes & Sayings

Unplanned occurrences are reminders to check your tendency to think that you're the one in control. In reality, it's someone else....

It is a vivid reminder that in ministry, no matter how hard you work, ultimately it's God's work, not yours. All this puts our work in perspective. — James Martin

A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle. — Ambrose Bierce

In the United States everyone is an illegal immigrant - everyone except the people in Indian Reservations. This is an immigrant society. — Noam Chomsky

Let's face it - online promotion of your books could easily become a full-time career if you're not careful. But if you're not writing regularly, then it won't be long before there's nothing to promote. — Teresa Medeiros

Well, if nothing else, you are that rock. You can look at it and know that even though the elements can change your shape, you're still you at the core. — June Gray

The world began in ending, and it will end in beginning. — Jacqueline Carey

No one took her seriously because she was small and feathered, a strange little dino-bird, but she had a sickle claw and she was not afraid to use it. — Anne Ursu

Imagination is the readily available, no-cost communicator that translates emotion into form for the mind to comprehend and use. — Deborah Sandella

We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd, lively or sad, loyal or corrupt, from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions, either pleasant or unpleasant, which leave no trace behind them. — Sarah Bernhardt

You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life. — Stephen Covey