Shirin Ebadi Leadership Quotes & Sayings

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

During my most difficult days, I text message God. I know I can just say a prayer and He'll hear me, but just in case He's really busy ... He can read my message later! — Jose N. Harris

Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here that the higher purposes of individualism must find their sustenance. — Herbert Hoover

This question lies at the heart of the debates over justification: Is the promissory covenant subsumed under (or absorbed into) the covenants of law, resulting in a covenatal nomism? Or are the two covenant always distinguished and, on the point of justification, to be treated in fact as antithetical means of inheriting eternal life? P.22 — Michael S. Horton

There are moments, when you're getting to know someone, when you realize something deep and buried in you is deep and buried in them, too. It feels like meeting a stranger you've known your whole life. — Leah Raeder

John McCain and I, and our camps, are working together to get John McCain elected. — Sarah Palin

I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position. — Serena Williams

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know. — Andy Serkis

It's easy to make me laugh, you can make me laugh, anyone can make me laugh, but that certainly does not mean you can make me do anything. — C. JoyBell C.

I feel dominant - I feel the triangle offense utilizes all my skills. — Amar'e Stoudemire

Imagine that the devil is in the process of buying the soul of some poor afflicted being, and that someone, taking pity on the one afflicted, were to intervene in the debate and say to the devil: "it is really shameful for you to offer only this price; the thing is worth at least twice that."

This sinister farce is what is being played out in the workers' movement by the syndicates, parties, and intellectuals of the left. — Simone Weil

You really hurt me. I wouldn't hurt you. Not like this. — James Patterson

How do we identify trends? Not by trendlines. My favorite tools are exponential moving averages that we'll review in the next section. — Anonymous

Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and proper nutrition. — Marian Wright Edelman