Teleurstellingen Quotes & Sayings

We can't imagine deserts without camel caravans and we can't imagine wisdom without the teachings of solitude and silence! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Most of us are continually engaged in some form of pursuit. We are seeking excellence within one or more areas in our lives, and that is the basis of our motivation. It is human nature to have a need to get ahead, need a little something more - it's in our DNA. Although we may not be certain of what we need at any given moment, we know there's something. It's a competitive itch and desire to improve that never goes away. — Lorii Myers

Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much. — Gordon Getty

Too many people want to have one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom of God, and it is like straddling a fence. You are not happy either way. Declare yourself for Christ. — Billy Graham

I like what we're doing. I don't want something else right now; will you just focus on the dick in your hand? — Christina Lauren

Omit needless words. — William Strunk Jr.

The world of dance is a charmed place. Some people like to inhabit it, others to behold it; either way it is rewarding. — Margot Fonteyn

One cannot say that a major poet writes better poems than a minor; on the contrary the chances are that, in the course of his lifetime, the major poet will write more bad poems than the minor.... To qualify as major, a poet, it seems to me, must satisfy about three and a half of the following five conditions.

1. He must write a lot.
2. His poems must show a wide range in subject matter and treatment.
3. He must exhibit an unmistakable originality of vision and style.
4. He must be a master of verse technique.
5. In the case of all poets we distinguish between their juvenilia and their mature work, but [the major poet's] process of maturing continues until he dies.... — W. H. Auden