Smeyers Boringen Quotes & Sayings

Some people think everyone should be the same as them:
Look, dress, sound and act just like them. — Christina Engela

If we suffer persecution and affliction in a right manner, we attain a larger measure of conformity to Christ, by a due improvement of one of these occasions, than we could have done merely by imitating his mercy, in abundance of good works. — John Wesley

Never let your love for your profession overshadow your religious feeling. Depend on it that religion will strengthen, not weaken, your energies, and will not only make you a better sailor, but a superior man. Professional studies are not to be neglected; but, on the other hand, take care how you fall into the common error of believing they are the remedy for all the ills of life. — Benjamin Haydon

Critics think we try to make bad films. They think we want to spend five months of our lives making something bad. We always go out with the best of intentions, whether it's fluffy comedy or a drama. — Chris Pine

If you've been banging your head against a brick wall, wipe the blood off, take a couple of pain killers and try it from another angle. Failing that, use the door. — Andy Love

Riverman, Riverman, blood to ice. — Aaron Starmer

[after guard dogs frozen mid-attack] 'How long are the dogs going to stay hanging there like that?' ask Yulia. 'I want to make friends with them. Otherwise, i'll be left with a latent psychological complex that's bound to affect my personality and sexual preferences. — Sergei Lukyanenko

Nothing else even comes close. — Richard Branson

Greed is a sin because humans are social creatures. And they simply cannot survive without the opposite of greed, which is cooperation. — Nick Hanauer

Self-mastery is the challenge of transforming yourself from own worst enemy into your greatest ally. — Wes Fesler

We fought no better, perhaps, than they. We exhibited, perhaps, no higher individual qualities. — Joshua Chamberlain