Shreveport News Quotes & Sayings

Unforgiveness is spiritual filthiness, so get washed in the water of God's Word to forgive and stay clean. — Joyce Meyer

In my judgment, while it is the duty of Congress to respect to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen ... not any ecclesiastical organization can be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the national government. — James A. Garfield

Just imagine if police enforced their zero-tolerance strategy in finance. They would arrest people for even the slightest infraction, whether it was chiseling investors on 401ks, providing misleading guidance, or committing petty frauds. Perhaps SWAT teams would descend on Greenwich, Connecticut. They'd go undercover in the taverns around Chicago's Mercantile Exchange. — Cathy O'Neil

Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as someone who wants to enjoy the book but also, as a writer, noticing the techniques that the writer uses and especially the ones that make you want to turn the page to see what happened. — Homer Hickam

The only real payoff for leadership is eternal. — Patrick Lencioni

Rule No. 1. Make a great product. Rule No. 2. Don't forget rule No.1. — David Hieatt

What was your secret?"
That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance — Nora Roberts

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them. — Henepola Gunaratana

That's love for you. When it's good, it's magic. When it isn't, it just pees all in your soup. — Joe R. Lansdale

[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes. Or the ways that people want their neighborhoods and restaurants curated in a way that's really tailored to them. Growing up with someone who was living by these very strict, repressive rules for themselves - it made me very allergic to the idea of denial. — Carrie Brownstein

My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers. — Niklaus Wirth

Fashion has always been nourished by the past. At the end of the day, where the inspiration comes from doesn't matter. It's what you do with it. How you treat it, how you translate it into a contemporary wardrobe. You put it in a shaker. — Christophe Lemaitre

The more I read, the more I learn, the more I discover that I know nothing. — Nick Dear

How much on outward show does all depend,
If virtues from within no lustre lend!
Strip off th'externals M and Y, the rest
Proves Majesty itself is but a Jest. — Horace Walpole