Tisseo Quotes & Sayings

Ever since I was in Amherst College I have remembered how Garman told his class in philosophy that if they would go along with events and have the courage and industry to hold to the main stream, without being washed ashore by the immaterial cross currents, they would someday be men of power. He meant that we should try to guide ourselves by general principles and not get lost in particulars. That may sound like mysticism, but it is only the mysticism that envelopes every great truth. One of the greatest mysteries in the world is the success that lies in conscientious work. — Calvin Coolidge

Blue had indeed cut herself.

After Adam had gone into the reading room, she'd experimentally opened the switchblade and it had obligingly attacked her. It was just a scratch, really. It barely warranted a Band-Aid, but she put one on anyway. — Maggie Stiefvater

Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth. — Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Beatriss looked away, fighting tears. She gripped their hands. "I'm forgetting what the truth is, friends," she said. "We were here, Lady Beatriss. We saw it all, so when you forget what the truth is, you come to us and we'll remind you. — Melina Marchetta

Don't let the whirlwinds drag you down. These are your days - to stand strong as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. — Neil L. Andersen

When you increase in learning and education, you increase your ability to act, and you have a chance to improve your circumstances. — Steve Shallenberger

When I was in high school at Northeast Catholic in Philadelphia in the late '30s, I found that drawing caricatures of the teachers and satirizing the events in the school, then having them published in our school magazine, got me some notoriety. — Bil Keane

I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide. — Sarah McLachlan

Other times I say: I would very much like to try to do something with this music, but after playing for a few minutes, I have to break off. — Jan Garbarek

Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They jest can't buzz any slower. — Kin Hubbard

She loves you," the Prince cried. "She loves you still and you love her, so think of that
think of this too: in all this world, you might have been happy, genuinely happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, not really, no matter what the storybooks say, but you could have had it, and so, I would think, no one will ever suffer a loss as great as you. — William Goldman

Wishes father thought, but they don't breed evidence. — John Galsworthy

And therefore only the enlightened sovereign and the worthy general who are able to use the most intelligent people as agents are certain to achieve great things. — Sun Tzu

One thing I've learned, Sasha," said Rex, "is that no matter how poorly thought out a plan is, there's always a chance it will succeed unless I'm directly involved." "You — Robert Kroese