Sterren Aan Quotes & Sayings

Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death. — Eleanor Roosevelt

To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit. There is no other way to elude apathy, or escape discontent; none other to guard the temper from that quarrel with itself, which ultimately ends in quarreling with all mankind. — Fanny Burney

History has rewritten itself so many times I'm not really sure how it was to begin with
it's a bit like trying to guess the original color of a wall when it's been repainted eight times. — Jasper Fforde

The fear of seeing ourselves as we are ensures we will never see the end of our fears. — Guy Finley

The child, screaming for refuge, senses how feeble a shelter the twig hut of grown-up awareness is. They claim strength, these parents, and complete sanctuary. The weeping earth itself knows how desperate is the child's need for exactly that sanctuary. How deep and sticky is the darkness of childhood, how rigid the blades of infant evil, which is unadulterated, unrestrained by the convenient cushions of age and its civilizing anesthesia.
Grownups can deal with scraped knees, dropped ice-cream cones, and lost dollies, but if they suspected the real reasons we cry they would fling us out of their arms in horrified revulsion. Yet we are small and as terrified as we are terrifying in our ferocious appetites. — Katherine Dunn

Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone ... — C.M.

I do want to believe in love. I want all of its trappings, and if it costs me my sanity and a very good divorce lawyer, so be it. — Addison Moore

So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice? — Socrates

Joy is the feeling of one's powers increasing. — Matthew B. Crawford

We must change our way of thinking, correct our plans and envision new ways of attaining our goals — Sunday Adelaja

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash. — Jason Statham

No passport is needed, — Greg Boudonck

I wanted it to stop.
I wanted everything to stop: the noise, the fear, the stink, the pain, the sickening ache in my belly. I didn't want to feel anything anymore. I didn't want to do anything. I didn't want to be here. I didn't want to be scared. I didn't want to be brave. I didn't want to be strong or weak or smart or stupid or precious or careless or dead ...
I didn't want to be anything. — Kevin Brooks