Strophe Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life. — Edmund Hillary

A devotee has no agenda of his own. For him, the object of devotion is everything. — Jaggi Vasudev

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself. — Samuel Johnson

But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love. — Emily Giffin

Do not waste your life over working. Live a fuller sacred life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I feel...I don't know...like a bottle of soda that's been shaken up. Do you know what I want? I want you to take me inside, and then take the cap off. — Stephen King

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions. — Nathaniel Branden

As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter. — Rex Stout

I seemed to have spent the whole time either reading, which I loved, or laughing, which I love, or fooling about, which I loved. There was the usual teenage angst: "Nobody understands me" and "I'm the only genius in the world" and all that stuff. But that didn't get very deep. — Philip Pullman

The best lessons learned are from other peoples mistakes. — Melissa Bradley

Why am I obsessed with the idea I can justify myself by getting manuscripts published? Is it an escape-an excuse for any social failure-so I can say "No, I don't go out for many extracurricular activities, but I spend a lot of time writing." — Sylvia Plath

If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today? — Bruce Lee

I love my kids so much. They teach me something every day. It always brings richness to my work, and even more in life. I feel lucky to be able to do both. — Blair Underwood

O beautiful for spacious skies, ... O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Til all success be nobleness And every gain divine! — Katharine Lee Bates

Sometimes societies die and putrefy long before they are pronounced dead, and sometimes men die of corruption long before they have taken to their deathbeds. — Robert Payne