Thomas Barnardo Quotes & Sayings

Your light burns so bright. I never had a chance. Your fire enchants me, and I'd do anything to be near this fire, even if it meant death. — K. Webster

Sometimes the difference between success and failure is simply the degree to which you crave one over the other. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Immerse yourself in nature's symphony
and let your senses burst with joy. — Tom Brown Jr.

Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue. — Sophie Swetchine

When you sweep the universe, nothing changes, only the things change their places; when the universe sweeps you, nothing changes, only the things change their places! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Many people who give mechanically or refuse to give and share in their marriages and families may never have experienced what it means to possess themselves, their own sense of identity and self-worth. — Stephen R. Covey

Kindness is for all times in all situations - not just when it suits you. — Audray Landrum

There can be only one Captain to a ship. — Thomas John Barnardo

All kings is mostly rapscallions, as fur as I can make out. — Mark Twain

It is my firm belief that all our lives we are preparing to be somebody or something, even if we don't do it consciously. And the time comes one morning when you wake up and find that you have become irrevocably what you were preparing all this time to be. — Katherine Anne Porter

Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills. — Thomas John Barnardo

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. — Thomas John Barnardo

I like your eyes when you get mad," I said. "They glow like embers. — William Hjortsberg

I hope you come to hear the tale, and not just munch your way through the pages to the ending ... endings are heartless. An ending is a door no man can open. — Stephen King

So that's it?" asked the expendable.
"Final decision," said Ram. "And it's the right one."
"Why do you think so?"
"Because we live or die, we'll learn something important from jumping into the fold. Thousands of future travelers will either follow us or not. But if we don't make the jump, we'll learn nothing, have no new options."
"A lovely speech. It has been sent back to Earth. It will inspire millions."
"Shut up," said Ram. — Orson Scott Card

What fortitude the Soul contains, That it can so endure The accent of a coming Foot- The opening of a Door. — Emily Dickinson

The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way. — Thomas John Barnardo

Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea or dream or whatever. — Sharon Olds