Soaraise Quotes & Sayings

The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning. — Helen Cresswell

Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home amongst compatriots — Nelson Mandela

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment ... But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. — Thomas Jefferson

Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword. — Sabaa Tahir

When you need to make a decision, don't let your emotions vote. — Joyce Meyer

Introverts and extroverts also direct their attention differently: if you leave them to their own devices, the introverts tend to sit around wondering about things, imagining things, recalling events from their past, and making plans for the future. The extroverts are more likely to focus on what's happening around them. It's as if extroverts are seeing "what is" while their introverted peers are asking "what if." Introverts — Susan Cain

The world had to be faced as it was, not as you wished it to be — Robert Jordan

As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States. — Randall Kennedy

I have one mascara that I use religiously, and I refuse to try anything else, and if they discontinued it I would probably cry. Cover Girl lash blast, in the orange tube. — Nina Dobrev