Srdjan Valjarevic Quotes & Sayings

When we're not looking seems to be the time when God finds the most delight in surprising us — Mona Hodgson

One of the greatest challenges for all of us is to learn how to live in the world without participating in all that it offers. Worldly standards will always be in a state of flux. The only true and unchanging standards are those set by the Savior and His teachings of the restored gospel. — Donald L. Staheli

May God strike me down with a hammer on the head before I write a book with a teach-y goal! — Kate DiCamillo

Jesus was not crucified for being a good citizen, for being just a little nicer than everyone else. The powers of his day correctly saw him and his followers as subversives because they took orders from a higher power than Rome or Jerusalem. What would a subversive church look like in the modern United States? — Philip Yancey

Her life was the significant pause between two glances in a mirror." ( paraphrased from The Beautiful and Damned") — F Scott Fitzgerald

Most Americans have never seen the ignorance, degradation, hunger, sickness, and futility in which many other Americans live ... They won't become involved in economic or political change until something brings the seriousness of the situation home to them. — Shirley Chisholm

Being in the Spice Girls was an insane experience. — Melanie Chisholm

Chaler, who had finished his ale, left the cup where it was, making no effort to procure more, indicating that he was capable of what the natural philosopher calls "learning behaviour," which turn of phrase pleases us so much that we cannot resist making use of it. — Steven Brust

And I know that I'm not perfect,
But this path feels perfect. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

If I didn't hold back for my parents' sake, I would've quit ages ago. — Franz Kafka

Topsoil is a place of digestion. It sucks and chews things into smaller pieces. When it's hungry, it turns grey and stony; when it's thirsty, it opens thousands of cracked lips. Subsoil is more skeletal: it doesn't digest. — Alice Oswald

Learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm. — Laozi

It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get a book (written)
for me, it's never quick. — Sarah Dessen

Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities. — Stephen Covey

You're not too good for the sleep mask-neck pillow combo! You're not too cool for it! — Nikki Glaser