Staar Test Motivational Quotes & Sayings

Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy. — Eleanor Roosevelt

We humans
are so tortured
by not properly guessing
what will make us happy. — Atticus Poetry

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

If Christianity had asserted itself in Germany, six million Jews would have lived. — Malcolm X

John McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, to add his comments before leaving. McCloy said that all the talk of invading Japan struck him as rather "fantastic." The secretary asked, "Why not use the atomic bomb?" The meeting was once more called to order and McCloy's remark was discussed. Truman listened intently as the men at the table argued the merits of first warning the Japanese to surrender and then using the new weapon if the enemy ignored the ultimatum. The dialogue broke down because of one basic truth. No one in the room knew whether the device being readied in New Mexico would actually work. Without that knowledge, strategy was pointless. — William Craig

There is an undeniable economic and cultural disconnect between many of those who volunteer to serve and those who choose to remain civilians. But what is more concerning to me is the disconnect between our political leadership that applauds our soldiers and veterans, but then won't provide funding to properly armored vehicles or health care when our servicemen and women come home. You can't send men and women to war without being prepared to take care of them abroad and give them the services they need when they return home. — Ruben Gallego

I think we always view people who make us feel uncomfortable and appear to intrude on our middle-class cozy space, we view them with, if not hostility, at least suspicion, discomfort, embarrassment. — Ian Anderson

That internal war doesn't seem like a product of genetic damage - it seems completely, purely human. — Veronica Roth

Nobody should hit .200. Anybody should hit .250. — Charley Lau

If you don't have the balls to brake late, that's your problem. — Lewis Hamilton

The bravery of Stanley Kramer's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' amounted to two Hollywood legends - Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy - telling the world that a black son-in-law is something they can live with, and so should you, especially if he looks like Sidney Poitier and has degrees. — Wesley Morris