Smethurst Wm Quotes & Sayings

[on the atomic bomb] It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sometimes I find it too hot to run, and sometimes too cold. Or too cloudy. But I still go running. I know that if I didn't go running, I wouldn't go the next day either. It's not in human nature to take unnecessary burdens upon oneself, so one's body soon becomes disaccustomed. It mustn't do that. It's the same with writing. I write every day so that my mind doesn't become disaccustomed. — Haruki Murakami

The strength of spirit is measured by sufferings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

No man worth his salt does not wish to be a husband and father; yet no man is raised to be a husband and father and no man would ever conceive of those relationships as instruments of his prime function in life. Yet every woman is raised, still, to believe that the fulfillment of these relationships is her prime function in life and, what's more, her instinctive choice. — Vivian Gornick

'Old times' never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better. — George Edward Woodberry

No Calla.......this is all about love. — Andrea Cremer

There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it. — Jerry Bridges

Success in life comes to those who simply refuse to give up; individuals with vision so strong that obstacles, failure and loss only act as teachings — Silken Laumann