Thembu Kola Quotes & Sayings

Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives. — John Eldredge

People are marvelous in their generosity, if they just know the cause is there. — Will Rogers

I did upset the children. Not intentionally, but effectively. — Jeanette Winterson

If truth is what each of us believed, and we each believe differently, there would be no such thing as truth. Truth stands against what's false. If there is no true and false, light and dark, right and wrong, then there is nothing to guide human morality. — Jill Williamson

As she is the senior person in the room, I wait for her to call on me. And, while I am waiting, I should show I am a good listener by keeping both my voice and my body quiet. In China, we often feel Westerners speak up so much in meetings that they do this to show off, or they are poor listeners. Also, I have noticed that Chinese people leave a few more seconds of silence before jumping in than in the West. You Westerners practically speak on top of each other in a meeting. — Erin Meyer

With the weight of four thousand years of cannibalism bearing down upon me, even if I was once innocent how can I now face real humans? — Lu Xun

Really, if this is being glaringly good I must confess that the glare does not dazzle me. — G.K. Chesterton

So, then, Oxford Street, stonyhearted stepmother, thou that listenest to the sighs of orphans, and drinkest the tears of children, at length I was dismissed from thee. — Thomas De Quincey

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit ... — Edith Hamilton

A breeze discovered my open book And began to flutter the leaves to look — Robert Frost

A washing machine needs constant maintenance. It doesn't want any harm. It wants tranquility, and you need someone to - you're not going to harm it by continuously monitoring it and adjusting it. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb