Tesekkurler Quotes & Sayings

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But. — Henry Ward Beecher

Parties in our Government have no better idea than to think the Republic stands all the firmer upon opposition; but I say that it is not so. A republican government consists in letting the people rule by their united voice, without a dissension,
in learning what is for the best, and unitedly doing it. That is true republicanism. — Brigham Young

Think of the great spirits of the last 50 years: Ghandi killed, not by a Pakistani Muslim, but one of his own Hindus, who hated him because he wanted India for the Muslims, the Sikhs, for everybody; Sadat, killed by the organization that Mr. bin Laden's No. 2 heads now, not by an Israeli, but by an Egyptian. My friend Yitzhak Rabin
after a lifetime defending Israel, killed
not by a Palestinian terrorist, but an angry Israeli because he wanted to lay down arms and take up peace ... Fanatics are defined by their hatreds; free people by their humanity. — William J. Clinton

During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people's creations. — Alan Bradley

Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy. — Mary Faustina Kowalska

The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society. — Henry Adams

If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means they are being purified. — Oswald Chambers

But when a man puts on maturity and invulnerability, it seems that he necessarily becomes indifferent to many things that gave him joy. — Patrick O'Brian

I thought it might be a fine time to say the Three Little Words. And I steeled myself to say them as I stared up at that starriest night, convinced myself that she felt it, too, that her hand so alive and vivid against my leg was more than playful, and fuck Lara and fuck Jake because I do, Alaska Young, I do love you and what else matters but that and my lips parted to speak and before I could even begin to breathe out the words, she said, It's not life or death, the labyrinth. — John Green

I keep a lot to myself. Thinking a million things while speaking ten things. — Mark Patterson