Smarturl Quotes & Sayings

Few western wonders are more inspiring than the beauties of an Arizona moonlit landscape; the silvered mountains in the distance, the strange lights and shadows upon hog back and arroyo, and the grotesque details of the stiff, yet beautiful cacti form a picture at once enchanting and inspiring; as though one were catching for the first time a glimpse of some dead and forgotten world, so different is it from the aspect of any other spot upon our earth. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

A hot-tempered person starts fights; a cool-tempered person stops them. - Proverbs 15:18 — Gary Chapman

How much do people really want to learn? I mean, some people get into a groove and they stay with it indefinitely. And what starts off as a great moment of explosive passion can end up as cabaret 25, 30 years later. It just depends on whether you go and find the right habitat to extend yourself. — Robert Plant

The bottom line is that sometimes the most responsible, loving, efficient, and sane thing we can do is let another person have their process. We can set boundaries if their process is making us insane, and we do not have to agree to enable behavior with which we do not agree. Finally, we can accept the ultimate boundary that their life is their own, and they deserve to find their way, knowing that when we intervene, sometimes we stand in the way of exactly the path that will be of greatest value to them. We can disengage to stay sane, trust them to find their way, and walk with them with a lot less anxiety, guilt, and frustration, and just enjoy being their daughter, son, loved one, rather than trying to play a role that isn't ours to play. — Carla Cheatham

People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back. — Francis Chan

That should be considered long which can be decided but once. — Publilius Syrus

A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing
you are stretching ... You are going outside your immediate grasp. — Yanni

Today, begin to believe right by choosing to know and believe in the powerful truths of God's Word and in His love for you. — Joseph Prince

Christmas is, for those who wish to follow the way of Jesus, an invitation to accept into our comfortable and safe lives those who come to us from far away, who seem ragged, marginal, in transition. — Jay Parini

There are people who can achieve huge success in life, while adding a bit of fun and a splash of colour to this increasingly grey world. — Peter James