Solas Or Peace Quotes & Sayings

The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes. — Norman Vincent Peale

Real Learning comes from failures and mistakes ... rarely from success. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak — Tim Field

I judge the jobs I've had in this business by the places they took me, and by that standard, there simply has been nothing to match 'The National Sports Daily.' — Charlie Pierce

I think it's obvious when you're watching a movie, and there's people fighting or someone's slipping on the side of the building, that it's fake and it really removes you from it. — Ellen Page

Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole outlook, and they are not the only ones to mold the outlook of society, but they have an important role to play there. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility. — Radhanath Swami

Sojourner Truth, who squelched the heckler with an oft-quoted speech. In the first place, she said, Jesus came from "God and a woman - man had nothing to do with it."66 Secondly, Truth asserted that women were not inherently weak and helpless. Raising herself to her full height of six feet, flexing a muscled arm, and bellowing with a voice one observer likened to the apocalyptic thunders, Truth informed the audience that she could outwork, outeat, and outlast any man. Then she challenged: "Ain't I a woman?"67 — Paula J. Giddings

Theo Wanne has done it again!!!!!! He has brought a new dimension in mouthpieces that will not only stand the test of time, but will be a benchmark mouthpiece for many, many years to come! The bar has been raised. — Jeff Coffin

Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently. — H.G.Wells

Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

We shall perish by guile just as we slew. — Aeschylus

When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I look at is the checking account report from the day before. I love checking accounts. I dream about them. — John Stumpf

Democracy is liberty - a liberty which does not infringe on the liberty nor encroach on the rights of others; a liberty which maintains strict discipline, and makes law its guarantee and the basis of its exercise. This alone is true liberty; this alone can produce true democracy. — Chiang Kai-shek

Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away. — Paul Simon