Sokratisches Quotes & Sayings

I have played in rain before. I have played in wind before. I have played in cold before, but not all put together. They were the hardest conditions I ever played in. — Michelle Wie

Many people can't sing their praise or feel proud of themselves in front of others because they are scared to be labelled as 'arrogant' or 'big-headed'. Social acceptance is more important than self-esteem in the 21st century - and that's not good. — Maddy Malhotra

Ceony made her way down the hall, peeking briefly into her room. The bed had been remade, and she smiled. Emery's odd knack for tidiness had him folding and tucking blanket corners as though crafting a spell, and while he had demonstrated to Ceony how to properly make a bed, she'd never taken the time to mimic the art. She often kept the door to her room closed just so Emery wouldn't be tempted to rearrange her things, but with her out of the house, there was nothing to stop him.
He must be bored.
She passed her room and stuck her head into the library, but the paper magician wasn't there. The table and telegraph had both been moved to the right of the window, however. Terribly bored, then. — Charlie N. Holmberg

Unions do have a proper role in negotiating for employees and advising employees, but they have to engage with the employer. — Jim Ratcliffe

The philosopher is he to whom the highest has descended, and the lowest has mounted up; who is the equal and kindly brother of all. — Thomas Carlyle

Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia. Let's go someplace like Bolivia. — Butch Cassidy

I don't know how to put it, but I just can't get it through my head that here and now is really here and now. Or that I am really me. It doesn't quite hit home. It's always this way. Only much later on does it ever come together. For the last ten years, it's been like this. — Haruki Murakami

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal. — Calvin Coolidge

If we find ourselves tempted to celebrate one approach over the other, we should remember the caution of the Chinese sage Confucius, who told his followers, "Study without thinking and you are blind; think without studying and you are in danger." Formal — Kent Nerburn

I want to put your voice back inside your body, where it belongs. — Don DeLillo

And how long do you think we can keep up this goddamn coming and going?' he asked.
Florentino Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months, and eleven days and nights.
'Forever,' he said. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The worst moment in my life was when I was seven years old and I discovered that there was a thing such as racism. You don't know you're different until someone lets you know. — Sanjeev Bhaskar

Answering your calling inspires self-respect. It is not the accolades of others, but the choice to acknowledge yourself, choose yourself and answer your God-given calling that is the reward. — Shannon Tanner