Shovelfuls Quotes & Sayings

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be. — Joe Biden

Once her tears started, she always had hard time stopping, to the extent that i wondered how she was able to hold them in the first place. — Kyung-Sook Shin

What do you do when you have a demon staring down an angel while the ashes of dead minions blew between them? You get out of the way, of course. — Jeaniene Frost

God has a way of giving by the cartloads to those who give away by shovelfuls. — Charles Spurgeon

Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is this true of men! If they know there is no alternative, they will fight to the death. — Sun Tzu

Tell the truth no matter who it hurts. — Zarina Bibi

What's that poem again?" Will, who had been twirling his empty teacup around his fingers, stood up straight and declaimed:
"Each spake words of high disdain,
And insult to his heart's best brother - "
"Oh, by the Angel, Will, do be quiet," said Charlotte, standing up. "I must go and write a letter to Aloysius Starkweather that drips remorse and pleading. I don't need you distracting me." And, gathering up her skirts, she hurried from the room.
"No appreciation for the arts," Will murmured, setting his teacup down. — Cassandra Clare

I've just always been a reader. My grandmother just expressed the importance of literacy, if I said that correctly. She just always expressed the importance of being able to write and being able to read. — Kevin Gates